Google staff call for firm to cut ties with ICE
8 hours ago
- #Employee Activism
- #Immigration Enforcement
- Google employees demand transparency and action regarding the company's ties with federal immigration enforcement agencies.
- Nearly 900 full-time Google employees signed an open letter calling for an end to contracts with ICE and CBP.
- Employees express moral objections, citing violent and deadly outcomes from federal immigration crackdowns.
- Google previously ended a Pentagon contract (Project Maven) due to employee pressure in 2018.
- Employees criticize leadership, including CEO Sundar Pichai, for lack of transparency on government contracts.
- Demands include withdrawing technology from DHS, ICE, and CBP, and protections for employees from immigration enforcement.
- Google has partnerships with military contractors like Lockheed Martin and Palantir, raising further concerns.
- Employees verified their identities through work accounts, emphasizing the seriousness of their demands.