--- title: Ford CEO Criticizes Donald Trump Immigration Ban description: Ford Motor Co Chairman Bill Ford Jr. and CEO Mark Fields on Monday criticized President Donald Trump's controversial immigration order, canonical: https://time.com/4653621/ford-mark-fields-donald-trump-immigration-criticism/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-30T17:02:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:15:10.812Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ford CEO Criticizes President Trump's Immigration Ban og:description: One of the highest profile names to question the order og:url: https://time.com/4653621/ford-mark-fields-donald-trump-immigration-criticism/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f80b3b68358dab3/6988b7d48fd2ee2e4e35594f/mark-fields-donald-trump-criticism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: President Trump Meets With Key Automobile Industry Leaders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ford CEO Criticizes President Trump's Immigration Ban twitter:description: One of the highest profile names to question the order twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f80b3b68358dab3/6988b7d48fd2ee2e4e35594f/mark-fields-donald-trump-criticism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ford CEO Criticizes President Trump's Immigration Ban: 'We Do Not Support This Policy' > Sponsored content. 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A federal judge issued an emergency order Saturday night temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban._ by [David Shepardson / Reuters](https://time.com/author/reuters/) ## David Shepardson / Reuters Jan 30, 2017 5:02 PM UTC A federal judge issued an emergency order Saturday night temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban. by [David Shepardson / Reuters](https://time.com/author/reuters/) ## David Shepardson / Reuters Jan 30, 2017 5:02 PM UTC Ford Motor Co on Monday criticized President Donald Trump’s[ controversial immigration order](http://time.com/4652552/president-trump-is-suspending-a-refugee-program-and-banning-visas-from-7-countries/), becoming one of the highest profile U.S. manufacturers to question the decision to temporary ban travelers coming from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. and Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields said in a statement to employees that the company does not support what it called a [new U.S. travel ban](http://time.com/4652654/jfk-detain-trump-immigration-order/). “We do not support this policy or any other that goes against our values as a company,” they said, adding that Ford is not aware of any employees directly affected by the policy. Fields met twice with Trump last week to talk about [economic issues](http://www.thedrive.com/news/7199/ford-ceo-tells-trump-current-fuel-regulations-risk-1-million-u-s-jobs). Ford was harshly criticized by Trump during the campaign for moving some production to Mexico, but he has praised the automaker in recent weeks for announcing new U.S. investments. Ford is based in Dearborn, Michigan, home to one of the largest Arab-American populations in the United States. General Motors Co, Fiat Chrysler Group NV, Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co are among automakers that have declined to comment when asked by Reuters about the immigration order. Tesla Motors Inc CEO Elon Musk has also criticized the order. ## Transcript [00:00] It's not a Muslim ban, but we're totally prepared to [00:02] work it out very nicely. You see it at the airport, you [00:05] see it all over, it's working out very nicely. And we're [00:08] going to have a very, very strict ban, and we're going [00:11] to have extreme vetting, which we should have had in [00:14] this country for many years. [ MUSIC ] [00:21] [ NOISE ] [ MUSIC ] [00:33] [ APPLAUSE ] I [00:48] don't feel safe anymore to stay here [00:52] in the US. One, it is not a ban. However, I [00:57] think it was not properly vetted. So you have an [01:00] extreme vetting proposal that didn't get the vetting it [01:01] should have had, and as a result, in implementation [01:04] we've seen some problems. There was no guidance, [01:06] and obviously there wasn't even clear guidance to [01:08] federal officials around the country. And that's why [01:11] there's so much confusion here. But let's be clear [01:14] President Trump's executive order is simply [01:16] un- American. It is suggesting that people's civil [01:20] liberties can be taken away, even if they're Green card [01:23] holders, even if they're permanent residents on the [01:25] pathway to citizenship. 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