Sundar Pichai Donates $4 Million To Refugee Causes After Trump's Ban Affects 200 Google Employees

Google CEO Sundar Pichai raised $4 million and donated it to support refugee causes after Donald Trump's immigration ban affected 200 Google employees.

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While Pichai himself donated $2 million, he asked his staff to match his donation so that the same could be given to four organizations - the American Civil Liberties Union, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the International Rescue Committee, and the UNHCR.?

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USA Today has called this Google's largest 'humanitarian campaign' till date. Pichai set up the crisis fund after announcing it in an internal memo to his staff after he had criticised Trump's ban in another memo over the weekend.?