Former developer at software company deletes his code to protest its ties to ICE

Post by iamaelephant » Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 10:02 PM UTC

frittig wrote: post #55

sethvargo wrote: post #28

Hi there. I’m around to answer any questions!

Do you think that there is a point in having boarders between countries? If so how should they be enforced? If a 17 year "child" crosses the boarder should they be detained (ie. kept in prison until deportation) or should they be allowed to walk free in the US. If a child and parent both crossed the border should only the parents be detained leaving the child to fend for itself in America? Should they be detained in…

Post by faissaloo » Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 10:15 PM UTC

sethvargo wrote: post #74

faissaloo wrote: post #73

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I don't have a question, I just wanted to let you know what you did was extremely based.

Extremely based? I’m not sure I understand your comment.

Post by kube-system » Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 11:15 PM UTC

bradleyjg wrote: post #94

kube-system wrote: post #86

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> The President and Congress make decisions for all of the federal government. That’s fundamentally not true. Appropriations and appointments are not the same as “making decisions”, but even if they were, the judiciary still exists.

Let’s circle back to the core issue here: are you or anyone else really claiming that the policies ICE is pursuing under Acting Director Matthew Albence, which so many people object to, are against the wishes of Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan or President Donald Trump? Or even that those two haven’t had a direct role is causing them to be pursued?

Post by mcguire » Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 12:20 AM UTC

remarkEon wrote: post #45

mcguire wrote: post #17

" Another user pointed out that Chef isn’t the only company to profit from working with ICE. Microsoft has raked in $4.6 million, IBM has received $1.6 million, and CISCO has received about $500,000 through their work with ICE. " Those numbers seem very low. Is this just for one year or one contract?

Does each government agency have to individually enter into a contract with Microsoft et al.? That sounds wildly inefficient and silly. My guess is that this "user" pulled those numbers out of thin air.

Post by remarkEon » Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 12:50 AM UTC

mcguire wrote: post #97

remarkEon wrote: post #45

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Does each government agency have to individually enter into a contract with Microsoft et al.? That sounds wildly inefficient and silly. My guess is that this "user" pulled those numbers out of thin air.

Yes. Mostly. The contracts are generally for specific products or services, for a specific time. High-level agencies have a great deal of autonomy and also get to pull their needs out of their own budgets. Lower-level elements within an agency (a NASA center, for example) can also have more or less autonomy.