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Meet the tech workers taking a stand against ICE

Hundreds of tech workers are turning up the pressure on their employers.
January 27, 2026

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Even with employee power at a low ebb, there is a groundswell of pushback against the controversial government agency from tech workers across the USA.

More than 450 tech workers from companies such as Google, Salesforce, Meta, OpenAI, and Amazon have signed a letter urging their CEOs to contact the White House, call for ICE to leave cities, and end all company contracts with the the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) government agency, publicly condemning what they describe as violent tactics by officers.

The campaign among tech workers began after ICE agents shot US citizen Renée Good in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026, and gained momentum over the weekend following the killing of the nurse Alex Pretti on January 24, 2026.

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