Alphabet (Google)
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Alphabet (Google) |
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| Industry | Technology; digital advertising; cloud computing |
| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, United States |
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| Status | Active |
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Overview
Alphabet Inc. is the parent company of Google and a major U.S.-based technology conglomerate whose subsidiaries include Google Search, YouTube, Google Ads, and Google Cloud. Public reporting and advocacy documentation describe Alphabet platforms as carrying paid recruitment advertisements for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies as part of large-scale digital recruitment campaigns in 2025. Alphabet entities have also held longstanding contracts with DHS agencies, including ICE and CBP, for cloud services, data infrastructure, and digital advertising. [1]
Boycott
Alphabet (Google) is listed for boycott due to its role in materially supporting U.S. immigration enforcement agencies through advertising distribution, cloud infrastructure, and related services, as well as documented political financial activity linked to the Trump political ecosystem.
In 2025, reporting confirmed that ICE recruitment advertisements were distributed via Google-owned platforms, including YouTube and Google’s ad network, prompting criticism from immigrant-rights organizations, digital-rights groups, and Google employees, and leading to calls for boycotts and advertiser pressure campaigns. [2]
Alphabet has also faced renewed scrutiny for documented political donations and financial contributions connected to Donald Trump–associated political events. Public records show that Google made a corporate donation to Donald Trump’s inaugural committee in 2017, contributing funds used for inaugural events held in Trump-owned venues, including ballroom facilities associated with Trump properties. These contributions have been repeatedly cited by advocacy groups as evidence of corporate normalization and financial support of Trump-linked political power structures. [3]
Advocacy organizations argue that the combination of ICE/DHS support and documented Trump-linked political donations places Alphabet in direct conflict with stated corporate ethics commitments and justifies inclusion in organized boycott campaigns. [1]
Background
ICE and DHS increasingly rely on private-sector technology companies for recruitment advertising, cloud infrastructure, and data services. Alphabet’s scale across search, video, advertising, and cloud platforms gives it an outsized role in enabling enforcement capacity. ICE List documents Alphabet due to the cumulative impact of these relationships, particularly where they intersect with organized boycott calls and publicly documented political financial support linked to immigration enforcement policy architects. [1]