Salesforce employees are upset over the company’s work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection as Silicon Valley grapples with the government’s use of tech (CRM)

• More than 650 Salesforce employees reportedly sent a letter to CEO Marc Benioff criticizing the company’s work with the U.S. Customers and Border Protection agency.
• The letter said the company’s values were imperiled by working with the border agency, at a time when parents and children of migrants illegally crossing the border are being separated.
• A Salesforce representative said the company was not working with the agency with regards to “separation of families at the border.”

Salesforce is the latest tech company to come under fire as Silicon Valley struggles to reconcile its progressive ethos with much coveted and highly-valuable government contracts.

More than 650 Salesforce employees sent an email to CEO Marc Benioff last week criticizing the company’s work with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, according to Bloomberg.

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