One of the most prominent immigration advocacy organizations has officially declined a $250,000 donation from Salesforce, claiming that the company’s existing contract with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helps separate families at the US-Mexico border.

Like Google and Microsoft before it, Salesforce has come under fire over the past month for its contract with the US government. Internal employees suspect that these contracts support efforts by the federal government to separate families as they attempt to cross the US-Mexico border. Microsoft and Salesforce responded to employees’ calls to end their government contracts by stating they were not directly supporting the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or CBP,…

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