Apple’s CEO Just Slammed President Trump Over This

According to a Supreme Court filing, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is not too pleased with President Trump and his immigration policy.

The iPhone maker chief executive disagrees with President Trump’s decision to terminate DACA, a program that helps “dreamers,” a name given to immigrants from being deported.

The tech giant disclosed in the brief that it employs 443 dreamers and said it wouldn’t exist without immigration and that co-founder Steve Jobs is the son of an immigrant.

″We are distressed at the prospect of ripping our DACA colleagues from the fabric of our company,” Cook and HR head Deidre O’Brien wrote in a friend-of-the-court brief.

“Every one of these talented Dreamers should have the same opportunities as Steve did to create, work hard, and help change the world for the better,” Apple said. “After the DACA program was created, Apple
eagerly sought out and hired Dreamers — relying on the commitment our government made to them.”

In September of 2017, Cook had tweeted, “250 of my Apple coworkers are #Dreamers. I stand with them.

They deserve our respect as equals and a solution rooted in American values.”

“We did not hire them out of kindness or charity,” Apple said. “We did it because Dreamers embody Apple’s innovation strategy.”

“We collectively owe it to the Dreamers to hold up our end of the bargain,” Apple said. “It is not just a legal requirement. It is the moral thing to do.”

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