In a memo to Apple employees, company CEO Tim Cook has weighed in on the death of a man in Minneapolis who was disrupting federal agents who were enforcing federal immigration laws, telling employees he is “heartbroken” by the events.
Cook wrote that he discussed the matter with President Donald Trump, sharing his views and appreciating the president’s “openness to engaging on issues that matter to us all.”
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
Here is Cook’s full memo to Apple employees:
Team,
I’m heartbroken by the events in Minneapolis, and my prayers and deepest sympathies are with the families, with the communities, and with everyone that’s been affected.
This is a time for deescalation. I believe America is strongest when we live up to our highest ideals, when we treat everyone with dignity and respect no matter who they are or where they’re from, and when we embrace our shared humanity. This is something Apple has always advocated for. I had a good conversation with the president this week where I shared my views, and I appreciate his openness to engaging on issues that matter to us all.
I know this is very emotional and challenging for so many. I am proud of how deeply our teams care about the world beyond our walls. That empathy is one of Apple’s greatest strengths and it is something I believe we all cherish.
Thank you for all that you do.
Tim
Federal agents, primarily from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, are in Minnesota (including Minneapolis) as part of the Trump administration’s intensified effort to enforce immigration laws to address the significant influx of illegal aliens inherited from the prior administration.
President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) into law on September 30, 1996. This major legislation amended the Immigration and Nationality Act by strengthening border enforcement, expanding grounds for deportation (including for certain criminal convictions), introducing expedited removal procedures, imposing bars on reentry for those unlawfully present (e.g., 3- and 10-year bars), increasing penalties for illegal entry/reentry, and enhancing interior enforcement mechanisms — many of which form the backbone of current federal immigration enforcement authority used by ICE and other agencies.
Clinton also signed the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) in 1996, which further expanded deportable offenses and limited judicial review in immigration cases.
The Trump administration’s effort involves having federal officers conduct arrests, deportations, and related operations targeting illegal aliens, amid broader efforts to execute mass deportations promised during the 2024 campaign.
These enforcement actions stem from longstanding federal immigration statutes, such as those in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952 (as amended over decades), which President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law in its foundational modern form, though subsequent presidents (including Clinton as outlined above) have invoked and expanded executive authority under these laws to prioritize enforcement.
Similar aggressive operations are ongoing in dozens of other U.S. states and cities without major incidents or fatalities because those jurisdictions cooperate with federal authorities, sharing information, honoring detainers, or otherwise facilitating ICE efforts rather than limiting or barring local law enforcement cooperation. In contrast, Minnesota — along with cities like Minneapolis — have “sanctuary” policies that restrict such cooperation, leading to heightened federal presence, direct confrontations during enforcement actions, protests, and tensions.
In dozens of states beyond Minnesota, the Trump administration has significantly expanded Section 287(g) agreements (which allow local law enforcement to assist ICE), covering over 1,350 agreements across 40 U.S. states (see map here) — cooperation that facilitates smoother enforcement.
The unfortunate deaths in Minneapolis (including those of Alex Pretti on January 24, 2026 and Renée Nicole Good on January 7, 2026) occurred during encounters where individuals interfered with federal officers carrying out immigration enforcement duties, resisted commands, or posed threats, resulting in the use of force by agents according to official accounts.
MacDailyNews Note: Cook has received pointed criticism via social media and elsewhere for attending a private VIP screening of the documentary “Melania” (a feature documentary about First Lady Melania Trump) at the White House on Saturday, January 25, 2026.
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Just STFU and build one, one one, innovative product you moron.
Steve Jobs sucked at picking Apple CEOs.
In the 2024 U.S. presidential election, President Donald Trump, the greatest U.S. president in our lifetimes, resoundingly won both the Electoral College (312–226) and the popular vote.
Trump secured every single swing state in a decisive sweep: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
A major and widely emphasized part of Trump’s wide-ranging platform — repeatedly highlighted during his 2024 campaign — was the mass deportation of illegal aliens (as U.S. law refers to them in federal immigration statutes), promising the largest such operation in American history to address the border crisis inherited from the prior administration.
American voters overwhelmingly voted for U.S. immigration laws already on the books for decades to finally be enforced, regardless of a vocal minority who think U.S. federal law can simply be ignored when deportations of illegals threatens their block of votes — secured via misappropriation of taxpayer-funded welfare to illegal aliens coupled with rampant fraud — from illegals aliens in states lacking voter ID requirements.
The 14 U.S. states that do not require photo ID for in-person voting (California, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.).
DEI VP Harris “won” 13 of these 14 states plus D.C. in the 2024 election (even illegals couldn’t eke out a “win” for her in Nevada, as Trump’s victory wave was so strong).
Do not interfere with, impede, resist, or otherwise threaten law enforcement officers in the line of duty and you won’t get shot.
you must stop doing those drugs. everything trump touches fails. everything.
being a racist is nothing to celebrate and nothing to celebrate about another human being.
trump is being push aside by the world. they are doing business without america and why not. they realize they were in existence before the US and can survive without the US. china is about to make more money than it ever has.
where are the 14 million illegals? they are the greatest hider in history. if obama deported way more than trump without the killing of americans or these protest that should tell that there are better ways of doing these things. we have to many psychopaths that want to see people hurt and harmed. that’s not necessary to remove people, according to you obama did more.
trump’s own family tells us he has real mental problems, you don’t even know the guy and you praise his bad behavior. listen, the dog you fear is the one that just looks at you not the yapping puppy. he is wasting all his energy running his mouth. that quiet one is evaluating your weaknesses, thinking. his intent is his business not yours
You sound sane and rational, bless your heart.
Just like fake injun Liz Warren:
Conservatives apparently don’t go into full out tantrum and need paid agitators to create violent confrontations whenever they don’t agree. The real mental illness is seen on the streets in Dem. run cities as video shows us. Imagine this kind of rage induced over ilegalls who don’t belong here. In your mind Trump is behind the fraud in Tim Walz’s state too?
BTW….there were dozens of deaths under Obamas ‘more humane’ deportations.
You should stop using Apple products, you’re not a true Apple user.
there is no way Jobs would have anything to do with trump. but i’m going to follow your advice and hope all of europe, china, south america, japan, and india join me.
you can have it i am fed up. all trump all the time… no thanks.
Trump is by far, BY FAR the worst president in history as well as a despicable demented soulless POS as is EVERYONE, and at this point, with all we KNOW, see, and hear, EVERYONE who supports or enables him. See a neurologist. As for Tim Cook, I’ve lost all respect for him for embarrassing us all including Apple the company.
“…when we treat everyone with dignity and respect no matter who they are or where they’re from.”
I don’t have a problem with that. But no dignified respect is awarded to anyone who breaks or impedes the law.
It matters NOT, to the vast majority of Americans, where “they” are from.
Skating over the issue is simply lazy…but may sound good to those with flimsy ears.
yet we have a convicted felon telling preaching to us about law.
Strange times indeed.
“… except for NYC.”
You mean, except for all the voters there?
Okay, I’ll spell it out for you since you’re clearly having difficulty:
He means that illegal aliens who shouldn’t be in the country are in NYC illegally voting for Democrats en masse so they can keep feeding them American taxpayers’ money thru fraudulent “programs,” bless your heart.
Hey Tim Cook quit kissing the ass of Trump and Melania if you ever want to sell me anymore Apple Products. The ass kissing is out of hand.
Tim Cook as CEO of Apple has helped enable the Trump government. He doesn’t have the right to say that his heart is broken when he’s help create this mess.
Yes, Cook backed Biden-Harris. He certainly did help to create this mess.
The American people, by popular and electoral vote, elected President Trump to clean up the Biden Autopen’s mess. It’ll take years, but the first year has been a tremendous start!
You say you want “democracy” so badly, but when the American people, by popular and electoral vote, elect President Trump, it seems you’d rather not honor “democracy.”
(The United States of America is a constitutional republic, by the way, for all of you poor souls who’ve been run through the U.S. public school “system.”)
The “R” word describes your worm-digested head tissue to a T. Get help.
Does anyone know if Tim wrote any heartfelt words and wishes, or contact the president about any of the scores of rped and mrdered young women piling up in morgues thanks to these rogue resident invaders?
Because I don’t recall anything like that.
I do recall that Apple has donated millions to American based charities, many of which assist victims of mass shootings perpetrated by USA born cisgender white men.
Strangely enough…they have been ‘trans’ illness shooters the last few years.
Bootlicker.
So, if you really, really REALLY care so much Tim? Remove Signal app from The App Store.
Just like you did Parler that was banned from major tech platforms in January 2021 following the US Capitol riot on January 6 (notice a one day event, unlike the trash going on in MN for weeks on end and how these riots start and stop at the drop of a dime depending on the Administration in the White House and that these riots only happen in MN and not elsewhere in other states where Democratic political leadership cooperates with ICE). Tim, your Apple and Google removed the app from your respective app stores citing its failure to moderate content that incites violence, just like Signal. Both companies stated that Parler violated their policies by allowing the spread of dangerous and illegal content including threats targeting public officials, just like Signal. Amazon terminated Parler’s hosting service via its AWS and told Paler to find a new host. AWS cited a “very real risk to public safety” due to Parler’s lack of effective content moderation, just like Signal. Which is extremely odd being that unarmed people on January 6th were murdered by the government and the people up in arms over Good and Pretti were ones that cheered it on, but NOW they grow a conscience and show empathy no matter how non-organic and fake it is.
The bans were a response to evidence that Parler had been used to plan and coordinate the Capitol insurrection, just like Signal is being used to terrorize and threaten ICE agents just for doing their job. You know, the insurrection that the FBI would not define as an insurrection. While initially framed as a free-speech alternative to the original Liberal controlled Twitter, the platform faced widespread criticism for enabling hate speech and violent extremism, just like Signal. If that be the case, Tim, you might want to also consider pulling Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and X apps from The App Store for a start. That is, if you really are “heartbroken” and “care about the world beyond your walls”. Walls… If Democrats were not such obstructionists during Trump’s first term, America would have had its wall that would have kept out tens upon tens of millions of non-vetted criminal illegal aliens that ICE has been going after during Trump’s second term. Grow a spine Tim, you and the rest of Big Tech, you know what needs to be done. Pull the Anti-Social apps from your App Stores Now!
Again, Tim and Apple, do your part to make America safe, our communities safe, our streets safe. Remove the Signal app so it can no longer be used by the ANTIFA and BLM thugs coordinating the terror and threatening atmosphere in Minnesota. The eyes of the world are upon you Tim. Do the right thing. Remove the Signal App. Encourage Google to do so likewise and have Amazon’s AWS remove Signal from it’s hosting platform Just. Like. Was. Done. To. Parler.
if you were REALLY heartbroken, you’d call up your pal Trump and tell him to stop the madness in Minnesota, regardless of the cost to Apple. But you won’t.
RTFA. The only “madness” is coming from addled leftists:
Federal agents, primarily from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, are in Minnesota (including Minneapolis) as part of the Trump administration’s intensified effort to enforce immigration laws to address the significant influx of illegal aliens inherited from the prior administration.
President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) into law on September 30, 1996. This major legislation amended the Immigration and Nationality Act by strengthening border enforcement, expanding grounds for deportation (including for certain criminal convictions), introducing expedited removal procedures, imposing bars on reentry for those unlawfully present (e.g., 3- and 10-year bars), increasing penalties for illegal entry/reentry, and enhancing interior enforcement mechanisms — many of which form the backbone of current federal immigration enforcement authority used by ICE and other agencies.
Clinton also signed the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) in 1996, which further expanded deportable offenses and limited judicial review in immigration cases.
The Trump administration’s effort involves having federal officers conduct arrests, deportations, and related operations targeting illegal aliens, amid broader efforts to execute mass deportations promised during the 2024 campaign.
These enforcement actions stem from longstanding federal immigration statutes, such as those in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952 (as amended over decades), which President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law in its foundational modern form, though subsequent presidents (including Clinton as outlined above) have invoked and expanded executive authority under these laws to prioritize enforcement.
Similar aggressive operations are ongoing in dozens of other U.S. states and cities without major incidents or fatalities because those jurisdictions cooperate with federal authorities, sharing information, honoring detainers, or otherwise facilitating ICE efforts rather than limiting or barring local law enforcement cooperation. In contrast, Minnesota — along with cities like Minneapolis — have “sanctuary” policies that restrict such cooperation, leading to heightened federal presence, direct confrontations during enforcement actions, protests, and tensions.
In dozens of states beyond Minnesota, the Trump administration has significantly expanded Section 287(g) agreements (which allow local law enforcement to assist ICE), covering over 1,350 agreements across 40 U.S. states (see map here) — cooperation that facilitates smoother enforcement.