Starbucks, Google react to Trump
President Trump’s executive order on refugees has prompted strong action from Google and Starbucks, criticism from Goldman Sachs and a pragmatic approach from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a South African immigrant who is a Trump adviser.
Google has created a crisis fund that is likely to raise $4 million for four immigrant rights organizations.
The money will go toward the American Civil Liberties Union, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the International Rescue Committee and the U.N. Refugee Agency.
The search engine’s doodle on Monday also recognized what would have been the 98th birthday of Fred Korematsu, an American civil rights activist who sharply criticized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Starbucks is in direct contact with employees affected by the ban and will do “everything possible to support and help them to navigate through this confusing period,” Schultz said in a letter to employees posted on the coffee chain’s website.