How Silicon Valley Is Fighting Back Against Trump's Immigration Ban

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Source: Newsweek

How Silicon Valley Is Fighting Back Against Trump's Immigration Ban
By Anthony Cuthbertson On 1/30/17 at 11:45 AM

Donald Trumps executive order on immigration has drawn verbal backlash from celebrities, charities and world leaders, but it is Silicon Valley that has so far produced a response with some actual substance.

Trump has previously praised U.S. technology workers as the greatest computer minds anywhere in the world, while social media technologies developed in Silicon Valley partly helped Trump win an election without the backing of large swathes of the country and the political establishment.

Tech executives who criticized Trump during his campaign, such as Apples Tim Cook and Teslas Elon Musk, had even expressed hope that common ground could be found with Trump.

This uneasy alliance was broken on Friday, January 27, when Trump announced an immediate block on all refugees while also denying U.S. entry to citizens of seven predominantly-Muslim countries.



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