"Salesforce, the CEO's gigantic San Francisco company, has reportedly been lobbying Immigration and Customs Enforcement to try and win a contract - and use artificial intelligence to help ICE dramatically expand its violent crackdown. It's a revelation that comes amid a wave of attention on Benioff, who recanted his recently espoused support for sending the National Guard into San Francisco in a post to X on Friday."
"The New York Times, on Thursday, published leaks that Salesforce did not contest. The documentation shows a multi-pronged effort by the company to aid ICE in conducting the raids, abductions and deportations that have become the cornerstone of Trump's anti-immigration campaign. A Salesforce memo to the agency, sent Aug. 26, reportedly described it as an "ideal platform" to help ICE meet its "talent acquisition" goal: "nearly triple its work force by hiring 10,000 new officers and agents expeditiously.""
"In the same memo, Salesforce pledged that it could help ICE, "identify, engage and acquire the talent profile proven to drive ICE mission success, and in turn, administration priorities," the Times reported. Chatting in an ICE-focused internal Slack channel about the pitch, a Salesforce employee reportedly wrote that the document was "out the door," and got a chorus of praise: fire emojis, an "amazing" and an, "I wish you the best of luck with this one!""
Marc Benioff publicly supported President Donald Trump while Salesforce reportedly lobbied Immigration and Customs Enforcement to secure a contract. Salesforce pitched using artificial intelligence to help ICE dramatically expand enforcement, describing its platform as an "ideal platform" to support a "talent acquisition" goal to nearly triple the workforce by hiring 10,000 officers and agents. Salesforce pledged to "identify, engage and acquire the talent profile proven to drive ICE mission success" and internal Slack messages celebrated the pitch. The New York Times published leaked documentation that Salesforce did not contest. Neither Salesforce nor the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, responded to SFGATE's request for comment.
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