Date: June 19th, 2018 3:06 PM
Author: Cerise institution dingle berry
American CEOs call out Trump's 'heartless, cruel' border policy
CEOs have started to speak against the separation of children from their families at the US border.
"Separating a child from a mother or father is not political. It is inhumane," Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya said in a statement on Tuesday. "I join people in Upstate New York, in Idaho and across the country in calling for children and parents to be brought and kept together, regardless of which side of the border they are on."
AirBnB co-founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, Nathan Blecharczyk said "the US government needs to stop this injustice."
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"Ripping children from the arms of their parents is heartless, cruel, immoral and counter to the American values of belonging," they added.
Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Irish Times that the practice is "inhumane" and "heartbreaking." Apple (AAPL) did not immediately respond to CNNMoney's request for comment on Cook's position on the immigration practice.
Some companies have made more muted statements against the administration's approach.
Facebook (FB)CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg both donated to a fundraiser raising money for The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, a nonprofit that offers legal aid to immigrant families in Texas. Facebook did not yet make an official statement.
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Microsoft (MSFT)issued a statement on Monday after it was criticized for working with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the group that is enforcing the policy. "We urge the administration to change its policy and Congress to pass legislation ensuring children are no longer separated from their families," Microsoft said. ICE uses Microsoft's cloud software Azul.
On Twitter, Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said "I hope the kids are ok." After a user asked him to "make a more powerful statement," he said "if there is some way for me to help these kids, I will do so."
Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein touched upon the crisis in a speech at the Economic Club of New York Tuesday. Amid a broader discussion about global economic risks, he referenced the "horrible tragic situation" on the Southern US border, which he called a "tragedy."
Nicholas Peters, senior vice president of CommCore Consulting Group, said that companies have to be careful when commenting on such a fraught issue as immigration. "I think they're waiting a little bit to see how this plays out," he said.
"When you're dealing with an extremely emotional and potentially toxic subject," he continued, "companies have to be really careful."
http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/19/news/companies/companies-react-families-border/index.html
Glad to know Lloyd Blankfein is looking out for the poor and disadvantaged
These guys truly learned their lesson after Occupy Wall Street
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005644&forum_id=2#36272883)