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More than 2,000 Google employees in offices around the world staged a walkout on Monday afternoon in protest of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration in seven Muslim-majority countries. Using the hashtag #GooglersUnite, employees tweeted photos and videos of walkout actions around the world, including at headquarters in Mountain View.

Both Google co-founder Sergey Brin and CEO Sundar Pichai spoke to employees at Mountain View. "The fight will continue," Pichai said, according to a New York Times reporter who was on the scene. Brin told employees "it's a debate about fundamental values," according to the reporter, Daisuke Wakabayashi.

Here are Google cofounder Sergey Brin's full remarks from today's #GooglersUnite rally

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For example, Calagator is an events calendar for the Portland, Oregon tech community. And has been at the heart of it for 20 years.

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