From Twitter’s Jack Dorsey to Airbnb’s Brian Chesky, tech CEOs are voicing they’re opposition to the new US zero-tolerance policy. The zero-tolerance policy initiated by the Trump Administration last month and the consequent impact resulting in the separation of children and minors from their parents at the border is not just a subject of discussion in Congress. Silicon Valley has been voicing concerns and technology leaders are appalled. , CEO at Airbnb, and his co-founders and , have released a statement — posted in both English and Spanish on Twitter — calling for the US government “to stop this injustice and reunite these families.” Brian Chesky Joe Gebbia Nathan Blecharczyk We are a better country than this. At Facebook, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerber and COO Sheryl Sandberg are fundraising for organizations like the and RAICES. Texas Civil Rights Project “Listening to the cries of children separated from their parents is unbearable,” wrote Sandberg in a post. “The practice of family separation on our border needs to end now.” We can’t look away. According to the fundraising campaign page on Facebook , more than 137,000 have so far donated a total of almost $6 million. Reunite an immigrant parent with their child Similarly, of Twitter has posted on the platform to support RAICES. Jack Dorsey Dorsey has also retweeted of about ways to make your voices heard, whether through participating in the June 30th protests around the country or by calling your representative in Congress. Ben Wikler MoveOn.org At , co-founder and CEO tweeted his and his company support 12 organizations “to help the families and children that are being unjustly separated at the border.” The organizations include RAICES, Texas Civil Rights Project, . Lyft Logan Green KIND , new CEO at , has also tweeted using hashtag #KeepFamiliesTogether. An immigrant too, as he pointed out in his post, Khosrowshaki said that “families are the backbone of society” and that the Administration policy is “immoral and just plain wrong.” Dara Khosrowshahi Uber His thoughts are echoed by , CEO at Google, who said the policy is “gut-wrenching.” Sundar Pichai YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki also took to Twitter. At Apple, CEO Tim Cook : “It’s heartbreaking to see the images and hear the sounds of the kids. Kids are the most vulnerable people in any society. I think that what’s happening is inhumane, it needs to stop.” commented from Dublin, Ireland Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins used words like “cruel” and “un-American” in his tweet. CEO tweeted linking to RAICES. SurveyMonkey zander lurie , founder and CEO of , also went to Twitter with a very personal story about his grandmother. Jonah Peretti BuzzFeed “My grandmother was a refugee who told me the story of being briefly separated from her parents as she fled and the sheer terror of wondering if she’d ever see them again,” he wrote. “The experience was still traumatizing as she shared it 60 years later.” Marc Benioff of retweeted two tweets by CBS News correspondent David Begnaud. Salesforce Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has been vocal about his stance toward immigration, as his father — a Cuban immigrant — came to the U.S as a teenager. He reiterated on Sunday. According to , alongside his wife MacKenzie, Bezos donated $33 million to , which helps undocumented students brought to the U.S. as children pay for a college education. this message in a tweet inc. magazine TheDream.us Here on , Twilio founder and CEO called what the Administration is doing by separating families at the border “a war crime.” Medium jeffiel Intentionally separating families is objectively wrong, and we must fight it vigorously. No matter what excuses are made, let’s call this what it is: collective punishment. The practice of punishing family members is not just morally offensive, it’s also a war crime under the Geneva Accord. _Intentionally separating families is objectively wrong, and we must fight it vigorously. No matter what excuses are…_medium.com Separating immigrant families isn’t just wrong, it’s a war crime Different the situation for Microsoft. As mentioned by , the company “found itself in the crosshairs for not only having ICE as a customer, but also having that it was ‘proud’ of that association.” Axios blogged in January The company issued a statement: “As a company, Microsoft is dismayed by the forcible separation of children from their families at the border. Family unification has been a fundamental tenant of American policy and law since the end of World War II. As a company Microsoft has worked for over 20 years to combine technology with the rule of law to ensure that children who are refugees and immigrants can remain with their parents. We need to continue to build on this noble tradition rather than change course now. We urge the administration to change its policy and Congress to pass legislation ensuring children are no longer separated from their families.” Along those lines also a previous post on LinkedIn by Brad Smith, the company president and chief legal officer. _This Father's Day provides an opportunity to recall one thing we shouldn't take for granted - the opportunity to be…_www.linkedin.com Father's Day: A Day for Families to Be Together LinkedIn’s CEO also posted on the platform. He shared on and commented: “The separation of children from their parents at the border is cruel, inhumane and beneath us as a country.” Jeff Weiner an article by Annabelle Timsit Quartz _The separation of children from their parents at the border is cruel, inhumane and beneath us as a country. Here's a…_www.linkedin.com Jeff Weiner on LinkedIn: "The separation of children from...

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