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Employees at Twitter have raised a total sum of $1.06 million to support relief efforts following President Trump’s controversial immigration order, according to Twitter employees who refused to be named.
That figure was matched by the company’s Executive Chair Omid Kordestani and CEO Jack Dorsey, with each donating $530,000, the employees said, citing a company-wide email sent Wednesday evening.
The total $1.59 million will be donated to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) TheNewsGuru can confirm.
Reached for comment, Twitter confirmed the amounts.
“The Executive Order’s humanitarian and economic impact is real and upsetting,” Dorsey said on Twitter over the weekend. “We benefit from what refugees and immigrants bring to the U.S.”
The Executive Order's humanitarian and economic impact is real and upsetting. We benefit from what refugees and immigrants bring to the U.S. https://t.co/HdwVGzIECt
— jack (@jack) January 28, 2017
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Several other tech industry leaders have criticized the president’s order, including Tim Cook, Brian Chesky, and an economic adviser to President Trump, Travis Kalanick.
Elon Musk, another member of the president’s Strategic and Policy Forum, said he would consult his fellow business leaders and propose amendments to the immigration order when the group meets with the president on Friday.
Amazon and Expedia filed sworn statements earlier this week in support of a Washington state lawsuit against the Trump administration’s travel ban. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos told his staff that the company will explore additional legal options, as did Apple’s Cook.