Airbnb, Twitter latest tech companies to raise big money to fight Trump's travel ban

It's all adding up to a lot of cash.
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Airbnb, Twitter latest tech companies to raise big money to fight Trump's travel ban
Airbnb is matching donations to help immigrants affected by Trump's travel ban. Credit: Mike Windle/Getty Images for Airbnb

Money is still coming in fast and furious to organizations that help those affected by Donald Trump's travel ban. And a big chunk of change is coming from tech companies.

Airbnb, who already vowed to help with housing for stranded refugees and immigrants, is the latest to bring up the total amount of cash startups and tech companies are raising for immigrant and refugee advocacy organizations.

CEO Brian Chesky announced Thursday that the vacation rental startup was matching all donations up to $100,000 through the end of April. All money raised will go to the International Refugee Assistance Project, National Immigration Law Center and International Rescue Committee.

By Thursday evening, $7,258 had already been donated to the organizations through Airbnb's Crowdrise site.

Twitter is also joining in on the mass donations to the ACLU to help provide legal resources for those detained at airports and kept out of the country. Employees at the microblogging site raised $530,000, while CEO Jack Dorsey and board of directors head Omid Kordestani matched that tally for a grand total of $1.59 million from Twitter to the nonprofit civil liberties advocacy group.

Keep that tech money flowing.

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Sasha Lekach

Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.

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