Steve Jobs' widow demands immigration reform

She supports the "dreamers"

Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs has asked Washington D.C. for an immigration reform that would help the millions of undocumented students in the U.S. These students known as "dreamers" due to their campaign "The Dream is Now" will be featured on a documentary that will air on NBC this Sunday.

As part of the documentary there will be an interview airing today (Friday) with the once wife of the founder of Apple and creator of the iPhone. The rest of the documentary will air Sunday.

According to Fobes Laurene Powell Jobs is the richest woman in Silicon Valley with an estimated fortune of 1.2 billion dollars. Se has always tried to stay away from the media's spotlight.

Now Jobs' widow has stepped up as a spokes person for the "The Dream is Now" campaign;'a project by "concern citizens" that feel there is a need to fix a broken immigration system in the U.S. that would grant these young people and their families a path to citizenship. This all according to the campaign's official website.

"We support common sense immigration reform that includes the principles of the DREAM Act."

In the interview that Powell Jobs have NBC she said that she decided to become an activist in the immigration reform battle because she considered the current laws to be a "waste of human lives and potential" that the United Staes would miss out on the benefits of the human capital after having raised them.

Powell Jobs along with Hollywood movie actor Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth" y "Waiting for Superman";) have given "The Dream is Now" documentary notoriety in Washington D.C. The documentary will air on NBC on Sunday night at 4:00 PM local time (8:00 PM central)

This past week the activist Powell Jobs went before various members of congress in a closed door session.

"My hope is that when we tell this story the people will realize the human lives that are at stake"

The 30 minute documentary will tell the story of several young Latinos who were raised and educated in the United States; but due to their immigration status their future and professional aspirations seem lost.

The Dream is Now project burst into social media today due to a coordinated campaign along with over 700 supporters who offered their Facebook and Twitter accounts. All of this to pressure congress to push an immigration reform.

The interview with Steve Jobs' widow will be shown tonight (Friday) on the Rock Center program on NBC at 10:00 PM local time.

Editorial@sandiegored.com

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