President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” is causing fear and chaos among immigrants everywhere — even at Google.
As immigrants, visa holders and refugees tried frantically to make it into the United States after Trump signed an executive order banning entry to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries on Friday, Google moved to protect its own staff.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told staffers that more than 100 employees were affected by the ban and ordered all affected employees who were abroad to return stateside immediately, Bloomberg reported.
“It’s painful to see the personal cost of this executive order on our colleagues,” Pichai wrote in a memo to Google staff obtained by Bloomberg. “We’ve always made our view on immigration issues known publicly and will continue to do so.” Read more…
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Originally syndicated from Google recalls staff abroad as Trump’s Muslim ban takes effect
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