"TECH COMPANIES FIGHT TRUMPS IMMIGRATION ORDER""Apple is open. Open to everyone, no matter where they come from, which language they speak, who they love or how they worship. Our employees represent the finest talent in the world, and our team hails from every corner of the globe." Last Friday Trump signed an executive Immigration Order, that would place a ban on 7 countries from being able to enter the united states. In that order it also state members who ever had green cards, and visas would also be affected by this ban. As the weekend went on, detainees were held at airports around the country. This sparked protests at all the major International Airports such as San Fransisco, Seattle, New York, Los Angles, and Houston. Tech companies started speaking up immediately, companies such as a Apple. Where Tim Cook sent out a company wide letter stating...
"Apple is open. Open to everyone, no matter where they come from, which language they speak, who they love or how they worship. Our employees represent the finest talent in the world, and our team hails from every corner of the globe." A quick flashback to just a few months ago, where a lot of tech companies were meeting with Donald Trump and talking about the future, and how they can create jobs and innovation. Where they talked about post campaigning, and moving forward with the new administration. But here we are almost through January, and all the companies that once met with Trump on that day in December, are standing up loud and proud against President Donald Trump's executive order to bar people of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States. In the same statement from Tim Cook, in the Apple company email to its employees, he said... "I've heard from many of you who are deeply concerned about the executive order issued yesterday restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. I share your concerns. It is not a policy we support. There are employees at Apple who are directly affected by yesterday's immigration order. Our HR, Legal and Security teams are in contact with them, and Apple will do everything we can to support them. We’re providing resources on AppleWeb for anyone with questions or concerns about immigration policies. And we have reached out to the White House to explain the negative effect on our coworkers and our company. As I've said many times, diversity makes our team stronger. And if there’s one thing I know about the people at Apple, it’s the depth of our empathy and support for one another. It’s as important now as it’s ever been, and it will not weaken one bit. I know I can count on all of you to make sure everyone at Apple feels welcome, respected and valued." I feel strongly about these companies standing up, and supporting the diversity in the technology community. We have laws in place to not discriminate against age, gender, race, or religion in the work place. It is ethically wrong to put this ban on our country. Employees that are having to worry about whether or not they can travel outside the US is an issue. What if the companies top employees are from the countries that are banned, and they have to travel for business. This ban could ruin the innovation of these companies, and potentially hurt their business. It makes sense that Amazon and Expedia are stepping up, and made declarations supporting a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration in federal court Monday night in Seattle by Washington State’s attorney general. The lawsuit, is part of a growing wave of legal challenges to the immigration ban across the country, asked the court to declare key parts of the executive order unconstitutional. Sources -- 1 2 3
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Sean O'Fallon
2/3/2017 10:24:24 pm
Hey Jenn, It's nice to hear that there are companies out there that are taking action. I had heard of many that are issuing official statements saying they do not agree with President Trump's ban, but it is good to here there are some companies like Apple taking it a step further and trying to directly support them.
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