Mark Zuckerberg's 'conservative' pitch for immigration reform

The Facebook founder's new nonprofit is releasing its first political advocacy ads

Mark Zuckerberg has advocated an immigration overhaul as a way to boost the tech sector.
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Mark Zuckerberg is trying to friend conservatives on immigration reform.

Weeks after the Facebook founder announced the formation of FWD.us, a nonprofit political advocacy group, the organization is going up with its first big ad buy in support of immigration reform, according to Politico's Alexander Burns. What's more, FWD.us is releasing the ads through a conservative subsidiary group created specifically to rally Republican support for a bipartisan immigration bill.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.