'WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS': Execs are speaking out against Trump's immigration ban by Emily Cohn on Jan 30, 2017, 11:56 AM  Protests swept the nation over the weekend in opposition to President Trump's executive order preventing refugees and others from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US.
Activists took to the streets and rallied at airports in major cities to protest the order, which many viewed as discriminatory and unconstitutional. Politicians on both sides of the aisle joined the opposition. CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin said Monday that some CEOs he had spoken to were avoiding speaking out against the ban because they are "scared out of their minds about being attacked [by Trump] ... and what that's going to do for their business." But many execs are speaking out. Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who came to the US as a child to escape religious persecution, was spotted at a protest at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday. "I'm here because I'm a refugee," he told Forbes. Tech executives have been the most outspoken against the ban so far. But by Monday, other corporate leaders in finance and health care had joined in opposition, issuing statements to employees and customers expressing concern. — Portia Crowe, Alex Heath, Lydia Ramsey, and Cadie Thompson contributed reporting. Mark Fields, CEO of Ford  "Core to our values are respect for people," Fields told Business Insider. "And all of our policies, including our human resource policies, support a diverse and inclusive workplace and we don't support policies that are counter to our values. We are going to stay focused to the well-being of our employees and running a successful business."
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google  "We’re upset about the impact of this order and any proposals that could impose restrictions on Googlers and their families, or that could create barriers to bringing great talent to the US," Pichai wrote in a company-wide email. "It’s painful to see the personal cost of this executive order on our colleagues." Read more here.
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs  "The president has issued an executive order that, generally, bans individuals from seven different countries from entering the United States and freezes the broader refugee program. This is not a policy we support, and I would note that it has already been challenged in federal court, and some of the order has been enjoined at least temporarily." Read the full statement here.
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