Overview
- Cook convened an all-hands meeting on February 5 where he said some employees no longer feel comfortable leaving their homes and added that no one should feel this way.
- He vowed to continue pressing U.S. lawmakers on immigration, citing Apple’s reliance on global talent and noting that many team members in the United States are on visas.
- Cook offered explicit support for DACA employees, saying Apple has hundreds of DACA workers and promising to personally advocate for them.
- The remarks followed internal anger over Cook’s attendance at a White House screening the night federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti and over an earlier memo that employees viewed as evasive.
- Bloomberg reported Cook faced private criticism inside Apple for a limited and late response, and it remains unclear what concrete policy outcomes will result from his new pledge.