Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaks Out Against Trump Travel Ban

After collecting an honorary doctorate at the University of Glasgow Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook voiced his opposition to the not-Muslim-ban-that's-totally-a-Muslim-ban, passed hamfistedly by The White House two weeks ago.

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According to the BBC, Cook's comments came during a Q&A with students and staff:

"I wrote this letter, you probably read about it unless you're living underground, about the most recent executive order that was issued in the US. We have employees that secured a work visa, they brought family to the US, but happened to be outside the US when the executive order was issued and all of a sudden their families were affected. They couldn't get back in. That's a crisis. You can imagine the stress. If we stand and say nothing it's as if we're agreeing, that we become a part of it. It's important to speak out."

Cook is referring to a memo he sent to Apple employees shortly after Trump tried it, ensuring them that "Apple would not exist without immigration" and that Trump's "is not a policy we support."

Apple was one of 127 companies to file an amicus brief opposing Trump's executive order, which is currently in judicial limbo.