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posted by martyb on Tuesday June 19 2018, @06:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the oooh-look-shiny dept.

Several sites are reporting, without reference to IBM's activities 70 years ago, that Microsoft's contact with ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is drawing fire online. The Computer Business Review includes a quote from Microsoft now missing from their press release:

"ICE's decision to accelerate IT modernization using Azure Government will help them innovate faster while reducing the burden of legacy IT. The agency is currently implementing transformative technologies for homeland security and public safety, and we're proud to support this work with our mission-critical cloud," he wrote.

KUOW radio writes on their web site that Microsoft is facing outrage their for blog post touting ICE contract:

As outrage grew online, a Microsoft employee quietly removed mention of ICE from the January press release this morning. Social media users noticed that, too. The company has since restored the press release's original language, and called its removal a "mistake."

After a little bit of conference swag gets handed out and a few advertising contracts^W^Wscholarships get handed out, this will all blow over and be forgotten.


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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Aegis on Tuesday June 19 2018, @11:16PM (3 children)

    by Aegis (6714) on Tuesday June 19 2018, @11:16PM (#695356)

    LOL, "Refugee" is a term of art for a LEGAL immigrant! [uscis.gov]

    Refugee status is a form of protection that may be granted to people who meet the definition of refugee and who are of special humanitarian concern to the United States.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @11:21PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @11:21PM (#695359)

    Right and the minute someone utters the word "refugee" they cannot be instantly deported, they must be detained until they've been processed.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @12:07AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @12:07AM (#695371)

      Oh the humanity! They force those poor ICE agents to do some actual police work? Say it ain't so!!!

      Da fuck is wrong with you?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @12:50AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @12:50AM (#695391)

        Da fuck is wrong with you?

        It's called sanity. Make a refugee claim at a legal crossing point, don't get arrested and children will not be separated. Get flagged as an illegal and get treated like an illegal. Any other policy encourages human trafficking - something ms13 are known for.