T-Mobile and Sprint stay quiet on DACA as merger deal sits in review

Yesterday, over 100 executives, including many from the US’s most influential tech companies, signed onto a letter urging congressional leaders to protect Dreamers. The coalition argued that losing Dreamer protections would cost the US economy $350 billion in GDP and $90 billion in tax revenue.

“These are our friends, neighbors, and coworkers,” the letter reads, “and they should not have to wait for court cases to be decided to determine their fate when Congress can act now.”

The letter drew support from nearly every major figure in the tech and telecom world, including AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, along with Apple’s Tim Cook, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos,…

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