A collective of Google employees is calling for the termination of all collaborations with ICE and other border enforcement agencies.
Over 800 Googlers have signed a petition demanding transparency regarding how the Department of Homeland Security utilizes Google’s products and advocating for the protection of its most vulnerable workforce.
This grassroots movement is gaining momentum, particularly in reaction to the recent immigration policies under President Trump.
“We are employees of Google disheartened by the brutality enacted by the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs & Border Protection (CBP),” the petition stated.
“We stand firmly against Google’s associations with DHS, CBP, and ICE,” continued the petition. “It is our leaders’ ethical duty to reveal all contracts and collaborations with these agencies and to withdraw from such partnerships.”
The petition lists four major demands directed at Google’s top executives: acknowledge the peril that employees in the U.S. face amid the immigration crackdown, hold a Q&A session about government and military contracts, safeguard all Googlers — from cafeteria staff to data center workers — and disclose connections while establishing clear limitations around how DHS uses Google’s technology.
A representative from Google informed Business Insider that basic cloud services utilized by DHS are available to any customer.
This initiative was organized by No Tech for Apartheid, a collective advocating for Google and Amazon workers.
An organizer of the petition shared with Business Insider that it garnered over 800 signatures in less than 48 hours, highlighting that all signatories are full-time staff members, with nearly 30% being from Google Cloud.
Though the 800 employees who signed represent just a fraction of Alphabet’s total workforce, which reached 190,820 by the end of 2025 according to SEC filings, their voices are resonating within the company.
No Tech for Apartheid had previously conducted an in-office protest against the company’s $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon that serves the Israeli government.
Subsequent to that protest, Alphabet terminated the employment of over two dozen employees, stating, “Physically obstructing other employees from performing their work and preventing them from accessing our facilities is a clear violation of our policies.”
This petition arises amid a larger movement as activists, celebrities, and businesses organized a nationwide protest against ICE on January 31. This strike voiced outrage over the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.
Calls for a boycott of major tech companies have emerged, targeting executives closely associated with President Trump to bring about change.
It’s not solely Google’s workforce taking a stand against ICE. A distinct petition titled “Tech demands ICE out of our cities” is pushing tech executives to urge the White House to abolish ICE and terminate corporate contracts with the agency.
This separate petition has collected more than 250 signatures, including individuals from Amazon, Spotify, Oracle, Apple, and PayPal.
