Demonstrators in Chicago on Monday protest President Trump’s immigration ban.
In the wake of President Donald Trump ’s immigration ban, Microsoft has made a formal plea to the administration to make exceptions for workers and students.
The tech giant is not backing down from its stand against the ban. But in a letter Thursday to the secretaries of homeland security and state, Microsoft asked them to create an exception process, allowing „responsible known travelers with pressing needs“ to enter the US.
Microsoft said people with employer-sponsored work visas or student visas in good standing at an accredited university should be exempt from the ban.
„These are not people trying to avoid detection,“ according to the five-page letter by Brad Smith, Microsoft’s chief legal counsel. „Rather, these individuals are ‚known quantities‘ in their communities: their character, personalities, conduct, and behavior is well recognized and understood by their employers, colleagues, friends, and neighbors.
