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Cars, Shoes, Tech: An Array of Corporations Protests the Immigration Ban

An unusually wide range of major companies are speaking out against President Trump’s recent executive order.
Source: David Gray / Reuters

In the past few days, the leaders of several American industries have spoken out against President Trump’s controversial immigration order, which was signed by the president on Friday and which restricts immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. While it is not unusual for corporations to be politically vocal, the volume and uniformity of their complaints about the order are without recent precedent.

Mark Parker, the CEO of Nike, in a rare memo, characterizing it “That is why we do not support this policy or any other that goes against our values as a company.”

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