--- 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: 2026-02-23T03:01:48.444Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ford CEO Criticizes President Trump's Immigration Ban: 'We Do Not Support This Policy' by [David Shepardson / Reuters](https://time.com/author/reuters/) ## David Shepardson / Reuters Jan 30, 2017 5:02 PM UTC  Mark Fields, president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Co., arrives to a news conference outside the White House after a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Mark Fields, president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Co., arrives to a news conference outside the White House after a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017.Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg /Getty Images 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. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4653621/ford-mark-fields-donald-trump-immigration-criticism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4653621/ford-mark-fields-donald-trump-immigration-criticism/"},"headline":"Ford CEO Criticizes President Trump's Immigration Ban: 'We Do Not Support This Policy'","datePublished":"2017-01-30T17:02:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:01:48.444Z","description":"Ford is one of the highest profile names to question the order","url":"https://time.com/4653621/ford-mark-fields-donald-trump-immigration-criticism/","keywords":["Immigration","White House","Autos","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f80b3b68358dab3/6988b7d48fd2ee2e4e35594f/mark-fields-donald-trump-criticism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Shepardson / Reuters"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f80b3b68358dab3/6988b7d48fd2ee2e4e35594f/mark-fields-donald-trump-criticism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Meets With Key Automobile Industry Leaders","caption":"Mark Fields, president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Co., arrives to a news conference outside the White House after a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017.","creditText":"Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg /Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/immigration/","name":"Immigration"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4653621/ford-mark-fields-donald-trump-immigration-criticism/","name":"Ford CEO Criticizes President Trump's Immigration Ban: 'We Do Not Support This Policy'"}}]}] ```