The ACLU is joining Silicon Valley's famous startup accelerator
Y Combinator is known for shaping companies from ideas to launch, including well-known tech stars like Dropbox and Airbnb.
Y Combinator is known for shaping companies from ideas to launch, including well-known tech stars like Dropbox and Airbnb.
Only recently it's started working with non-profits to help them tap into its network of tech entrepreneurs, investors, and engineers.
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The inclusion of the ACLU in its latest batch of companies that will graduate in March is a curious tie up given Trump adviser Peter Thiel is also a part-time partner at the accelerator.
Thiel, a venture capitalist who also serves on Facebook's board, didn't directly address whether or not he supports Trump's most recent executive order on immigration.
His only response so far, through a spokesman, was to say that he "doesn't support a religious test, and the administration has not imposed one."
The ACLU is vehemently against the ban and has a 7-point action plan to challenge the Trump administration.
In the weekend after Trump's executive order on immigration, the ACLU raised more than $24 million in online donations, which it is committing to putting towards defending immigrants' rights.
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