Silicon Valley’s response to the election of President Donald Trump was initially marked by caution and optimism, but the president’s immigration ban seems to have hardened opinions. Speaking on Thursday January 26th, when reports of the ban were first surfacing, Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt told employees that Trump’s administration is going to do “evil things as they’ve done in the immigration area.” Deliberate or not, Schmidt’s wording resonates when compared to Google’s most famous corporate motto: “Don’t be evil.”

These remarks were made at the company’s regular end-of-week meeting and reported by BuzzFeed News. An earlier story covering the same meeting by Vice noted that it was a tense affair, with Google staffers asking why…

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