Starbucks condemns Donald Trump and vows to hire 10,000 refugees as direct response to his ‘Muslim ban’
STARBUCKS has announced plans to hire 10,000 refugees in the wake of Donald Trumps travel ban on immigration.
The coffee giant says it will roll out its initiative over the next five years, and made the announcement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to prevent individuals from seven predominantly Muslim countries, which are deemed 'terror prone' from coming into America.
So far he has stood firm over his executive order on immigration, despite court rulings and a number of mass protests against it.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz outlined the company-wide policies and in a statement said: “There are more than 65 million citizens of the world recognised as refugees by the United Nations.
"And we are developing plans to hire 10,000 of them over five years in the 75 countries around the world where Starbucks does business.”
Trump has faced wide spread criticism of his directive - Hollywood, the church and millions have denounced the move.
At the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, a number of stars spoke out - including Ashton Kutcher, and John Lithgow.
At the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night winning stars delivered speech after speech against the US leaders actions.
Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus revealed she is the daughter of an immigrant who had to flee religious persecution in Nazi-occupied France.
She said: “Because I love this country, I am horrified by its blemishes. And this immigrant ban is a blemish, and it is un-American.”
Church leaders also spoke out saying they strongly oppose the President’s actions.
Bishop Joe Vásquez, who chairs the migration committee of the US Conference Of Catholic Bishops said: “We believe in assisting all, regardless of their religious beliefs.”
(ACLU), which protects individual rights raised more than £19 million over the weekend and gained welcomed 150,000 new members.
The amount was six times more than they usually get in a whole year, and donations, from 356,306 people who were giving around £54 per person.
Executive director Anthony Romero said: “People are fired up and want to be engaged. What we’ve seen is an unprecedented public reaction to the challenges of the Trump administration.”
Across the globe people marched in protest - and airports in the US were gridlocked as people descended on terminals in support of those who were being detained airside.
Trump attempted to defend his "extreme vetting" policy and said it wasn't a ban on Muslims from entering the US and blamed the media: “To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting.
“This is not about religion – this is about terror and keeping our country safe. There are over 40 different countries worldwide that are majority Muslim that are not affected by this order.”