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Tech Workers Urge CEOs to Press White House to Pull ICE From Cities

Petitioners cite Trump's earlier pause of a San Francisco surge after appeals from tech leaders.

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A small group of tech workers have signed a petition calling on their CEOs to speak out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and cancel contracts with the agency.

Overview

  • More than 200 verified tech employees signed the petition, with participants from Google, Amazon, TikTok, Meta and Salesforce, and some senior figures including a Nokia chief technology architect and a Mozilla senior vice president.
  • The letter urges CEOs to call the White House to demand that ICE leave U.S. cities, cancel company contracts with the agency, and publicly condemn what signatories describe as ICE's violence.
  • Organizers say they verified all signatories' tech employment and report that more than 140 people made their names and employers public.
  • Business Insider reported that organizers did not disclose their identities, Amazon declined to comment, and Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
  • The effort unfolds as immigration enforcement actions in cities such as Minneapolis draw scrutiny and as the White House raises H‑1B visa fees affecting the tech sector.