GitHub will renew a contract with ICE according to a leaked email

A leaked email states that GitHub will renew a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.



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GitHub will renew a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement according to a leaked email.
The email addresses concerns regarding the Trump administration's policies.
GitHub's CEO states that GitHub wants developers to "have the freedom to operate with a level of privacy."
GitHub will renew a $200,000 contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) according to an email that was leaked to Fight for the Future (via The Verge). In the email, GitHub CEO Nat Friedman discussed the Trump administration's policies and how he, GitHub, and Microsoft have issues with certain policies. He also adds, however, that GitHub wants "software developers around the world to have the freedom to operate with a level of privacy." ICE's policies towards migrant children and immigration are controversial and have been criticized by many, including several GitHub and Micr...