‘We are speaking up today as…,’ Google employees urge company to cut ties with ICE over concerns about surveillance

Google is facing criticism from within its own workforce after hundreds of employees accused the company of helping U.S. immigration authorities carry out surveillance. More than 900 Google employees have signed an open letter asking the company to stop working with agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The employees say Google’s technology is being used in ways that go against the company’s values and harms vulnerable communities, especially immigrants.