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28 Jan 2017

Author:
The Verge

Silicon Valley’s responses to Trump’s immigration executive orders, from strongest to weakest

Silicon Valley CEOs entered the debate over President Donald Trump’s immigration policy this weekend, offering criticisms of the seven-country immigration ban and in some cases outlining plans to support the employees it affects. The responses range in tone from mild rebuke to stern denunciation, reflecting both the varying personal opinions of the CEOs and their individual willingness to risk retribution from the federal government.

Here’s how tech companies reacted, with their responses sorted by the strength of their criticism...[descriptions of their responses available]:

Strong: [Atlassian, Box, Dropbox, Lyft, Google, Instacart, Netflix, Postmates, Reddit, Salesforce, Slack, Uber, Y Combinator, Airbnb]

Medium: [Amazon, Apple, Autodesk, Foursquare, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla, Tesla, Twitter]

Weak: [Adobe, Facebook]

Yet to comment: Oracle

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