Over 1,000 Google Employees Urge End to ICE, CBP Ties

More than 1,000 Google employees have signed an open letter urging the company to sever its business ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, citing concerns over the agencies' use of Google's technology in what the workers describe as surveillance and violent operations.

The letter, circulated internally and reported widely this week, condemns recent federal immigration enforcement actions, including raids in U.S. cities that the signatories link to the deaths of civilians and protesters. "In cities across the country we have witnessed these agencies conducting paramilitary-style raids, kidnapping hundreds of civilians, and murdering protesters and legal observers," the letter states. It specifically references the killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents and a broader surge of federal operations that employees say prioritize terror and suppression over enforcement.

The workers accuse Google of enabling a "campaign of surveillance, violence, and repression" through several products. Google Cloud, they claim, supports Customs and Border Protection's national surveillance network and powers Palantir's ImmigrationOS system, which...