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Google creates $4M crisis fund to support immigration causes
www.cnet.com ^ | 01/31/2017 | Katie Collins

Posted on 01/30/2017 11:22:25 AM PST by ThinkingBuddha

Google is putting its money where its mouth is.

The tech giant is creating a $2 million crisis fund for immigrant causes, which can be matched by up to $2 million from Google employees, potentially amounting to $4 million in donations that would benefit four organizations.

Sundar Pichai, Google's chief executive, detailed the fund in a memo sent out to all staff on Sunday, reported USA Today. A Google spokeswoman confirmed the report Monday morning.

The fund's creation follows Pichai's criticism of President Donald Trump's immigration order, issued Friday. The executive order puts in place a temporary ban on entry into the US by citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries as a deterrent to potential acts of terrorism. It created uncertainty at many airports over the weekend as federal agencies worked to interpret the requirements and sparked widespread protests across the US by people who saw the move as excessive and "un-American."

The immigration order has garnered strongly worded criticism from across the tech industry, with Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook and many others joining the chorus of voices condemning Trump's decision.

The fund will be Google's largest crisis campaign ever. It would provide funds to the American Civil Liberties Union, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, International Rescue Committee and UNHCR.

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To: grobdriver

got that right, same as Dem leaders who never cried over the Navy Seal or any of the military who have died or those families who have lost loved ones from illegals.


21 posted on 01/30/2017 11:56:33 AM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: ThinkingBuddha

Those H1B visas lead the charge.


22 posted on 01/30/2017 12:00:53 PM PST by sarasota
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To: Regulator

Do you know of a substitute for Google Maps?


23 posted on 01/30/2017 12:23:07 PM PST by Bigg Red (The best f-word we can apply to Obama on this glorious inauguration day is "former".)
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To: Bigg Red

On the phone use Here WeGo (Here Maps). You can even download entire States, Countries, or continents for offline use without data.


24 posted on 01/30/2017 12:30:53 PM PST by cyberstoic
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To: Bigg Red

Mapquest

Not as good, have to admit...

Works really but not a lot of experience with it:

http://maps.randmcnally.com/


25 posted on 01/30/2017 12:32:32 PM PST by Regulator
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To: ThinkingBuddha

I use to get upset when I saw liberal commies like this reacting so negatively to what the President when he does anything that he campaigned on and was elected to do. But then I realized, what I would think if these same commie liberals were happy with what he was doing. It dawned on me that these types of reactions are exactly what I should expect and are nothing more than solid proof that President Trump is keeping his promises. So I now cheer when I see the idiots reacting this way because I know that my President is busy doing the job he was elected to do. The more he pisses them off the more I love him.


26 posted on 01/30/2017 1:18:35 PM PST by TonyM
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To: ThinkingBuddha

Google is a ‘noodle’.


27 posted on 01/30/2017 1:57:05 PM PST by mulligan
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To: cyberstoic

Thanks.


28 posted on 01/30/2017 2:17:18 PM PST by Bigg Red (The best f-word we can apply to Obama on this glorious inauguration day is "former".)
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To: Regulator

Thanks very much.


29 posted on 01/30/2017 2:23:36 PM PST by Bigg Red (The best f-word we can apply to Obama on this glorious inauguration day is "former".)
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To: Regulator

By any chance, do you know of a good substitute for TripAdvisor, since they have now shown themselves to be anti-American, as well?


30 posted on 01/30/2017 2:29:57 PM PST by Bigg Red (The best f-word we can apply to Obama on this glorious inauguration day is "former".)
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To: tcrlaf

Go over to Twitter and search for #googlersunite. Take a look at the photos.

Apparently, Diversity at Google stops at 40 years old.


31 posted on 01/30/2017 6:26:20 PM PST by bobcat62
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