"I am also a refugee"

Google founder Sergey Brin at a rally against Trump. Photos

On January 28, protests were held at major US airports against the deportation of refugees and citizens of several countries, who had been banned from entering the country by President Donald Trump the day before. Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google and president of Alphabet, who emigrated to America from the USSR, came to the action at the San Francisco airport.

Sergey Brin moved to the US with his parents in 1979 when he was five years old. The family decided to emigrate from the USSR due to educational and career restrictions that Soviet Jews faced in those years.

Brin stayed at the rally at the airport for about 40 minutes, writes Forbes, and practically did not communicate with journalists, saying only that he came to the rally as a private person. “I am here because I am a refugee,” quoted the entrepreneur as saying. journalist Ryan Mack

The leaders of other major technology companies also spoke out against Trump's actions (albeit not at a rally). Apple CEO Tim Cook sent a letter to his subordinates, according to which the ban also affected company employees; the letter said that "Apple would not exist without immigration."

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who came to the US from India, said that more than 70 employees of the company lost the opportunity to enter the country: “Being both an immigrant and the head of the company, I was able to experience and see the positive impact of immigration on our company, on the country and on the world ".

Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk also criticized the crackdown on immigration, saying that many of those affected by the ban support the US and "do not deserve to be rejected."

The rally at the San Francisco airport was also attended by the head of one of the largest business incubators, Y Combinator, Sam Altman. “I hope this will be one of the defining moments when people come together against this administration,” he said.