"More than 800 US tech workers have signed a petition calling for tech CEOs to demand the Trump administration remove US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from US cities and cancel contracts with the agency. We know our industry leaders have leverage: in October, they persuaded Trump to call off a planned ICE surge in San Francisco, the petition reads. Now they need to go further, and join us in demanding ICE out of all of our cities."
"The killing of the 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by ICE agents over the weekend has generated a widespread backlash from groups as varied as Reddit users, a union of registered nurses, faith leaders and the right-leaning National Rifle Association. However, tech CEOs are seen as being uniquely placed to influence the course of the Trump administration's policy. In October, Trump appeared to call off a planned ICE surge in San Francisco after calls from tech leaders."
"Some tech leaders have come out against ICE, including Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, who wrote in a post on X on Tuesday about the importance of preserving democratic values and rights at home. James Dyett, OpenAI's head of global business, wrote on X: There is far more outrage from tech leaders over a wealth tax than masked ICE agents terrorizing communities and executing civilians in the streets. Tells you what you need to know about the values of our industry."
More than 800 US tech workers signed a petition urging tech CEOs to pressure the Trump administration to remove US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from US cities and cancel contracts with the agency. Signatories include nearly a hundred Google employees and dozens from Meta, Amazon and OpenAI, plus an unnamed executive vice president from Tesla. The killing of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by ICE agents sparked backlash from Reddit users, a nurses' union, faith leaders and the National Rifle Association. Tech CEOs are seen as able to influence policy after industry calls reportedly led Trump to halt a planned ICE surge in San Francisco in October. Some tech leaders voiced opposition to ICE, while Sam Altman, Jensen Huang and Tim Cook do not appear to have posted about Pretti's killing.
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