Amazon pledges support for President Trump 's immigration policy legal measures

ByNiall Kennedy

In response to President Trump's immigration policy which suspended the acceptance of Syrian refugees and signed the Presidential Decree to temporarily suspend entry from countries where Muslims such as Iraq, Iran and Somalia are majority, Washington State Jay · Governor Insele said that the presidential decree above is illegal and if President Suh Ali and the executive of the administration and the Department of Homeland Security sued the Seattle District CourtAnnouncing.Criticism is successively received from IT companies and celebrities as wellAmong the e-mails sent to employees, Amazon's CEO Jeff Bessos also showed a stance of opposing entry prohibition with a legal method.

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/31/amazon-expedia-microsoft-support-washington-action-against-donald-trump-travel-ban


Local time On the day of January 30, 2017 (Monday) Mr. Besoth sent to employees the contents of the e-mail "We have contacted the leaders of both sides of the Diet to explore legal options Also the legal team is preparing to announce support to the Attorney General in Washington State, which is trying to take legal action against entry prohibition.In addition, we also have other legal options It is said that it was written "It is written.

On Saturday, January 28, Amazon also sent emails to employees "from the beginning, Amazon has promised equal rights, tolerance, and diversity, as always from now on" However, in this e-mail, we clearly stated that "we do not support this presidential decree", and it is a more powerful content. Also, to backup employees who are immigrants, the word "there are talented immigrants gathered in the United States, which is a big advantage for other countries" was also added.

During the election period, President Trump has criticized Amazon's business such as "Amazon is escaping taxes", but after the election there was a steady progress in both, and Amazon announced on January 12 "Amazon will hire 100,000 new people in the US by 2018The content is seen as considering President Trump. The contents of this email seems to be similar to the opinion given by other IT companies, but it is noteworthy contents in consideration of such backgroundThe Mercury NewsI wrote.

Since Amazon's opinion, Many, including Expedia based in Washington, expressed their opinion that they support state appeal. "This presidential decree represents the worst part of his nature going into reckless actions with discrimination, our country is a country of immigrants.Our roots And the soul has disappeared with a single pen. "

Also, Microsoft, who undertook a lot of work from the U.S. government, initially stated that he was "concerned" with Presidential Decree, but according to Reuters, concerning the case in Washington State, "Presidential decree exercises We provide support information in the form of providing information on impact ".

Microsoft working with Washington State on suit against Trump immigration order | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-microsoft-idUSKBN15E2IY


Besides, Starbucks announces that it will hire 10,000 refugees in shops in 75 countries around the world for the next 5 years, the anti-flag against the Presidential Decree is expanding.

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