File Photo: Google CEO Sundar Pichai File Photo: Google CEO Sundar PichaiGoogle’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai Saturday criticised President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration order against people from seven Muslim-majority countries, saying it will create “barriers” to bringing great talent to the US, as the Internet search giant ordered its travelling staff to return to America. Pichai in an email to staff said the US ban on foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries will hit at least 187 Google employees. Watch what else is in the news“It is painful to see the personal cost of this executive order on our colleagues,” he said. However, green cards are not specifically mentioned in the executive order,” the WSJ said. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also criticised Trump’s decision to severely limit immigrants and refugees from certain Muslim-majority countries, saying America is a nation of immigrants and should be proud of it.

Source: Indian Express January 28, 2017 16:18 UTC