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Apple reiterates its support of the DACA program

Apple has filed a brief with the Supreme Court supporting the preservation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, with CEO Tim Cook and Senior Vice President for Retail and People Deirdre O’Brien putting their names on the filing alongside the company for the first time, reports AppleInsider

DACA, established President Barack Obama in 2012, protects immigrants brought into the U.S illegally as children from deportation. President Donald Trump’s administration shuttered the program in 2017.

“Apple will be harmed significantly if it can no longer benefit from the hard work, creativity, and intelligence of its employees with DACA status,” O‘Brien, Apple’s vice president of people, said in a 2017 filing supporting DACA. 

The new brief profiles five Dreamer employees of Apple, as well as their supervisors, to show how they have contributed both to the company and the country. The tech giant employs more than 443 DACA recipients across 36 states, the filing said.

Dennis Sellers

Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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