Facebook campaign tops $9 million to reunite immigrant

In a little over four days, a fundraising campaign on Facebook has topped $9 million to help reunite undocumented families split up by the U.S. government at the Mexico border.

The fundraiser page, "Reunite an immigrant parent with their child," was launched on Saturday by three former Facebook employee. As of Wednesday morning, more than 223,000 people had donated to the fund, which was fetching more than $2.2 million a day donations. Several people donated $260,000 each.

"We are collectively revulsed at what's happening to immigrant families on our southern border," the fund's organizers wrote the campaign's Facebook page.

The page was launched by Silicon Valley power trio Malorie Lucich and Dave and Charlotte Willner, who were among the original employees at Facebook and now work at Pinterest, the popular image-collecting site. The Willners also work at Airbnb.

The goal of the fund has grown, so have the ambitions of those who launched it. The initial goal of the fundraising effort went from $5 million to $8 million on Tuesday. Organizers are now shooting for $11 million.

The money will go to The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, or RAICES, and provide legal aid for undocumented immigrant parents arrested on suspicion of crossing the border illegally.

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