800 Google employees demand an end to any cloud contracts with ICE and CBP
Source: Business Insider
Feb 6, 2026, 11:26 AM ET
A group of Google employees are demanding an end to any ICE or border control contracts. More than 800 Googlers signed a petition for the company to disclose how the Department of Homeland Security uses its products and services, and that it protect its vulnerable workers.
The group is urging transparency and protection from the tech giant in light of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. "We are Google workers appalled by the violence inflicted by United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs & Border Protection (CBP)," the petition said. "We are vehemently opposed to Google's partnerships with DHS, CBP, and ICE," the group of Google employees added.
"We consider it our leadership's ethical and policy-bound responsibility to disclose all contracts and collaboration with CBP and ICE, and to divest from these partnerships." It made four demands of Google executives: acknowledge the danger that US-based workers face daily in light of the immigration crackdown, host a Q&A session for workers on government and military contracts, protect all Googlers — from cafeteria workers to data center employees —, and disclose ties and set red lines around how DHS agencies use Google products.
A Google spokesperson told Business Insider that DHS uses basic cloud infrastructure services that are available to any customer. The petition was organized by No Tech for Apartheid, an advocacy group led by Google and Amazon workers.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/800-google-employees-demand-no-ice-cbp-cloud-contracts-2026-2
Link to PETITION - https://www.googlers-against-ice.com/
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