On Trump's immigration ban, Apple, Microsoft and other Silicon Valley tycoons jointly attacked and launched.

Trump shut these people out with a stroke of his hand, and Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google all blew up. ...

The largest company in the United States speaks collectively.

According to Xinhua News Agency, US President Donald? On the 27th, Trump signed a presidential executive order to freeze the American refugee shelter project. In the next 90 days, ordinary citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen will be temporarily banned from entering the United States, Syrian citizens' visas will be suspended indefinitely, and refugee asylum applications will be stopped. In the next 120 days, all refugees will be banned from entering the United States.

Once the executive order was issued, the whole Silicon Valley was shocked. So far, the top management of the largest company in Silicon Valley has stood up and expressed its opposition to this policy.

After telling the story of himself and his wife, Facebook CEO Zuckerberg said, "If we had adopted this policy decades ago, my wife's family would not be here today." At the same time, he also said: "The United States is a country of immigrants, and we should be proud of it. I am very worried about the consequences of President Trump's executive order. "

According to US media reports, Google said in a statement: "(The company) is very worried about the impact of administrative orders, and Google employees and their families may be affected. At the same time, it also sets obstacles for talents to enter the United States. (Google) will continue to reflect our opinions to the leaders of the Washington authorities. "

Although Trump's ban only targets seven countries, Microsoft executives also tell employees through internal mail: "No matter which country you come from, immigration is very important to the whole Microsoft."

65438+1On October 28th, Apple CEO Cook also sent an internal letter to Apple employees around the world, which wrote: "I heard that many of you are very worried about the immigration ban promulgated yesterday. I understand this very well. Apple does not support this policy. Apple is an enterprise open to everyone. No matter where you come from or what language you speak. Our employees are the best talents in the world. "

In fact, not only technology companies, but also Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, explicitly opposed Trump's immigration ban. It is reported that Buffett, following the example of physicist Einstein and nuclear physicist szilard, opposed the harsh immigration policy in an activity at Columbia University on the 27th. He said: "Without these two immigrants, we might not be able to sit in this room today."

"This country is blessed by immigrants." Buffett said, "immigrants come to the United States and find that they can give full play to their potential here, and we are benefiting from it."

According to the statistics of DOWS website Dogs, as of the close of the US stock market on October 27th, 65438/kloc-0, the market value of Apple, Google's parent company Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook ranked 1, 2nd, 3rd and 6th respectively. The total market value of the four technology companies is as high as $265,438+$025.2 billion. If Berkshire Hathaway ($406.7 billion) is added, the total market value of the five companies will reach $253,654.38+09 billion.

Immigrants hold up half the sky in Silicon Valley.

I don't know if Trump thought that he would immediately cause collective opposition in Silicon Valley before signing the immigration ban. However, it is not difficult to understand the reaction of Silicon Valley if we recognize the facts clearly.

Apple CEO Cook pointed out in an internal letter to employees: "Without immigrants, there would be no apple."

Why would he say that? Because the father of Apple founder Steve Jobs is Syrian. According to Tencent Technology 20 15, Jobs' biological father Abdul Fatah? John? Chandley 193 1 was born in Syria, the youngest of nine children. He grew up in Homs, Syria, a city ravaged by civil war.

According to Steve Jobs biographer Walter? Isaacson revealed that in the early 1950s, Chandler went to an American university in Beirut and then to the University of Wisconsin. While working as a teaching assistant there, he met Jobs' biological mother Joanne? Sibbel. Until Jobs 1955 was born and adopted, the couple still failed to tie the knot.

Vala Afshar, an executive of Salesforce, an American customer relationship management software service provider, combed the companies founded by/kloc-0 and/or 2nd generation immigrants on personal social media, including: Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, IBM, Uber, Yahoo, EMC, Yi Bei, AT & amp； Tesla.

In a report released on 20 1 1, the partnership for a new American economy, an American research institution, pointed out that during the American economic recession from 2007 to 20 1 1, only in California, 45% of new businesses were founded by immigrants, and California was the majority.

The report also shows that 13 California enterprises selected in Fortune 500 were founded or co-founded by immigrants; There are 65,438+02 enterprises, including Disney and Oracle Bone Inscriptions, of which at least one founder is a descendant of immigrants. As of 20 1 1, the above 25 enterprises have created about 90,000 jobs.

At the same time, the Kaufman Entrepreneurship Index Report released by the Kaufman Foundation in August, 20 16 shows that in 20 15 years, 0.53% of the sample population were entrepreneurs, while this proportion was only 0.29% among Native Americans.

In response to Trump's immigration ban, Silicon Valley tycoons expressed their opposition on the one hand and faced practical problems on the other. Because, in various companies, there are indeed many employees affected.

For example, Microsoft has 76 employees from the above seven countries. The company promises to provide them with legal advice and assistance. Google's Indian CEO Sandel? In a memo to employees, Pichai mentioned that about 187 Google employees will be affected by Trump's new immigration policy.

There are also international students affected by the policy. According to the World Wide Web 65438+129 October, on the day when the immigration ban came into effect (65438+127 October), citizens of Iran, Yemen and Iraq could not board the passenger plane to the United States, and Iranian students studying in California were "not allowed to enter the country" after returning to the United States.

On the night of October 27th, 65438/KLOC-0, after two Iraqi men were detained at new york John F. Kennedy International Airport, some American organizations took the lead in bringing a lawsuit, claiming that they were illegally detained and demanding their release. Although one of them was released the next day, 1 1 people were still detained at the airport.

However, judging from the latest development of the incident, these people are hopeful.

On October 29th, 65438+ Beijing time/KLOC-0, a federal judge in new york ruled in favor of the above organizations and issued an emergency suspension order. For foreigners affected by administrative orders, if they have valid visas and have arrived in the United States, they can stay in the United States temporarily without being deported.

According to CCTV news reports, US President Trump's executive orders prohibiting ordinary citizens from entering seven Muslim countries have been repeatedly banned. On the 29th local time, White House Chief of Staff Pribbes said: Not including green card holders.