[FRIAM] Why The Cold War Between Tech CEOs and Trump Is About To Go Nuclear

[Owen Densmore]

Insights into the tech sector's need for foreign workers.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-30/why-cold-war-between-tech-ceos-and-trump-about-go-nuclear

When I was at Sun Microsystems, we had a huge number of folks H1-B visas.
The first partner I had was from Iran.

>From the post, much more on the site. Much focus on the difficulty getting
US graduates with the right skills. (Seems a bit odd but who knows)

   -- Owen

Over the weekend, openly defiant CEOs, particularly among the tech sector,
expressed their displeasure with Trump's Friday executive order temporarily
banning refugees and limiting travel from seven Muslim countries, with both
words and deeds, among which the following (summary courtesy of Axios
<https://www.axios.com/>):

   - *VCs funding the ACLU: *Several venture capitalists, as well as a few
   entrepreneurs, took turns soliciting donations to the American Civil
   Liberties Union through social media and personally matching those
   donations.
   - *Airbnb volunteers to help provide housing for impacted immigrants: *The
   home-sharing company said that it will work with travelers and
   organizations to provide housing for those impacted by the executive order,
   whether through volunteer hosts or by funding housing.
   - *Lyft and Uber commit millions of dollars to legal aid: *On Sunday,
   Lyft said it will donate $1 million to the ACLU over the next four years.
   Later in the day, Uber said it will create a $3 million legal defense fund
   for impacted drivers, as well as provide legal assistance and compensate
   their lost wages.
   - *Google is setting up a $2 million crisis fund: *The search giant has
   set up a fund that will donate to the American Civil Liberties Union,
   Immigrant Legal Resource Center, International Rescue Committee, and UNHCR.
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