Tech Workers Beg CEOs to Stop IGNORING ICE like It’s Their Toxic Ex
KEY POINTS
- •More than 250 tech workers, mainly from Google and Amazon, petitioned CEOs to publicly oppose ICE and cancel contracts.
- •The Trump administration deployed federal agents aggressively into cities like Minneapolis, where ICE caused violent incidents including a fatal shooting.
- •Minneapolis labor groups endorsed a January 23 work boycott, pressing communities to protest immigration crackdowns amid rising H-1B visa fees.
In a rare event where 200+ caffeine-fueled tech workers actually cared about politics more than screen time, they signed a petition titled 'Tech demands ICE out of our cities,' asking their CEO overlords at Google and Amazon to call the White House and tell ICE to scram like a bad software update. The Trump White House has been dropping federal agents into metro areas, crushing dreams and contracts alike. Despite the seriousness—George Floyd’s Minneapolis now doubling as ICE’s latest clash zone where Renee Good, a US citizen, was tragically shot—Amazon lawyers said nada. Meanwhile,H-1B visa fees are up, causing Big Tech and universities to squint at international talent shrinking like their patience for nonprofit meetups. AFL-CIO even backed a work boycott January 23, so skip the keyboard, folks.
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Nothing screams leadership like 250 keyboard warriors pleading CEOs break up with ICE contracts while silence crashes louder than a Windows 95 reboot.
Imagine being one of 250 techies begging billion-dollar CEOs to do the bare minimum and peace out ICE. That's startup activism for you.
The tech giants ghosted better than your last Tinder date when petitioners demanded calls to kick ICE, proving loyalty has a Wi-Fi lag.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/21/2026 | Author: Lloyd Lee
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