The founder of the American company Uber, which provides services for online call a taxi, Travis Kalanick confirmed his decision to withdraw from the business Advisory group under the President of the United States Donald trump. Kalanick himself has informed the President that the reason for departure were signed last week a decree on toughening of immigration policy.
“Earlier today I briefly spoke with the President about the Executive order on immigration and the issues that it creates for our community,” – quotes CNN the message of the entrepreneur, common in Uber for internal use.
“I also explained to him that you will not be able to participate in the work of the Advisory Council. Introduction the aim was to support the President or his agenda, however, it was interpreted that way,” said Kalanick.
“Decree of the President causes damage to many people across America. Family members are forced to leave, people get stuck abroad, and a growing fear that the United States ceased to welcoming immigrants,” he explained.
In addition to Kalanick, the Forum strategy and policy under the President of the United States are composed of 16 prominent businessmen, including the head of the company SpaceX Elon Musk and Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo. The forum was established in December last year with the aim of holding regular meetings of the leading businessmen in the USA with the head of state.
We will remind, last week trump has signed several decrees toughening immigration policies. He instructed the state Department and Department of homeland security 120 days to suspend the placing in the United States of refugees.
Trump also significantly reduced the quota for accepting refugees by the United States in the 2017 financial year (began in October 2016), the U.S. side will take no more than 50 thousand people.
He also restricted for 90 days entry into the United States citizens of Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Somalia and the Sudan.
The decision trump has provoked a wave of resentment in American society. In some States, the authorities want a court to overturn provisions of the decrees of the President about immigration controls. A new immigration policy criticized the Director General of the auto giant Ford Motor, mark fields, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company bill Ford Jr., CEO of the American investment Bank Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, the head of the company SpaceX Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim cook and head of the Internet giant Google Sundar Pichai.
