Tim Cook yesterday described the Trump administration’s new policy of separating children from the parents of asylum speakers and suspected illegal immigrants as ‘inhumane’ – and the leaders of a long list of other tech companies are expressing similar views …
Buzzfeed rounded up statements from the CEOs and spokespeople of a long list of tech giants.
- Airbnb
- Apple
- eBay
- HP
- Lyft
- Microsoft
- Mozilla
- Postmates
- Salesforce
- Tesla
- Twilio
- Uber
- Yelp
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, for example, echoed Cook’s comment that ‘it needs to stop.’
Some Microsoft employees have urged the company to end its work with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The company responded:
Google CEO Sundar Pichai described the policy as ‘gut-wrenching.’
Other statements use terms such as ‘unbearable,’ ‘cruel,’ ‘unjust,’ ‘horrifying,’ ‘merciless’ and ‘immoral and just plain wrong.’ Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson didn’t mince his words.
Actions you can take to voice your own opposition include signing the ACLU petition, writing to your elected officials and donating to RAICES family reunification fund which pays bonds so that parents can be released and reunited with their children.
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