Tech workers call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after Alex Pretti Killing

2 months ago

Over 450 tech workers from major companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Salesforce signed a letter urging CEOs to demand ICE leave U.S. cities.
The letter highlights violent ICE operations in cities like Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Chicago, describing them as military-like occupations.
Tech leaders like Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla, and Jeff Dean have criticized ICE's actions, calling them harmful and undemocratic.
The campaign gained momentum after ICE agents killed U.S. citizen Renee Good and ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Many signatories remained anonymous due to fear of retribution from employers or authorities.
The letter demands tech companies cancel contracts with ICE, including those held by Palantir, Clearview AI, Amazon, Microsoft, and Oracle.
Prominent tech figures like Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, and Mark Zuckerberg have stayed silent or supported Trump's policies.
Elon Musk has openly backed ICE operations, calling protesters 'pure evil.'
The letter emphasizes the tech industry's power to influence policy, citing past success in stopping National Guard deployment to San Francisco.

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