Aid group Raices rejects $250,000 from Salesforce over border agency contract

Not-for-profit, in spotlight amid family separations crisis, says it won’t take funds from firm that supports ‘inhumane policies’

A not-for-profit legal aid group for immigrants and refugees has rejected a $250,000 donation from Salesforce over the technology company’s contracts with Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

“When it comes to supporting oppressive, inhumane, and illegal policies, we want to be clear: the only right action is to stop,” wrote Jonathan Ryan, executive director of the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (Raices), in an email to Salesforce published on Twitter.

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