Steve Jobs' widow, tech leaders help undocumented students
In the absence of Dream Act legislation, a group of Silicon Valley technology leaders is helping undocumented students attend college, prepare for jobs and, when possible, find ways to legalize their status.
The Dream Act would create a path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants who are college students and military service members.
Palm Pilot inventor Jeff Hawkins described the tech group as a loose coalition. It includes the family foundations of Mark Leslie, founding chairman and chief executive of the former Veritas Software Corp., and Andrew Grove, co-founder of Intel Corp.
Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple's Steve Jobs, has also helped promote access for undocumented students through organizations and personal advocacy.
Most of the group's work and donations are benefiting Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), which provides