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Google, Apple Contradict Donald Trump’s New Executive Order; Tech-Giant’s Staff Affected

By Jon C | Update Date: Jan 30, 2017 06:18 AM EST

President Donald Trump once again made noise by signing the executive order barring people from the seven Muslim nations to enter the U.S. for 90 days. This gathers a lot of reaction especially the big businesses that will be affected that include Apple and Google.

The people from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya are now prohibited to come into the United States. Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out a message to employees that addressed his concern to Donald Trump's new executive order. The 56-year-old executive said that it is the kind of policy that they will support.

In his statement obtained by The Verge, Tim Cook said that there are some of Apple's employees affected by Donald Trump's executive order. But, he promised that they won't neglect their people as the company's human resources, legal and security groups are now working things out. In fact, he even revealed that they are now trying their best to reach out to the White House to protest about the new POTUS' command.

Tim Cook also noted that he hears the employees concern about Donald Trump's executive order and he has the same sentiments. The chief executive of Apple already met with some officials in Washington DC. He, too, is part of the president's Strategic and Policy Forum. Meanwhile, it is not only the industrial engineer and developer is affected, but also Alphabet Inc.'s Google. The company now called all their staff who are traveling abroad to get back to the U.S. right now before they get affected by the directive.

The Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai even criticized the decision of Donald Trump in a note for their employees obtained by Bloomberg. The 44-year-old business executive admitted that more than 100 of their staff are affected and he noted that it is indeed hard to see the personal effect of this instruction on their colleagues. "We've always made our view on immigration issues known publicly and will continue to do so," he insisted.

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