Google chief executive Sundar Pichai late on Friday ordered scores of staffers traveling overseas to return to the United States immediately. “It's painful to see the personal cost of this executive order on our colleagues,” Pichai said in the memo. That would mean a person born in one of those seven countries, but holding a passport from a country such as Britain, could also be denied entry into the United States. “The internet industry is deeply concerned with the implications of President Trump's executive order limiting immigration and movement into the United States,” said Michael Beckerman, president of the Internet Association. — Brian Chesky (@bchesky) January 28, 2017Trump's hostility toward Muslim refugees and immigrants raises tensions between the White House and Silicon Valley.

Source: Washington Post January 28, 2017 20:39 UTC