Microsoft promises to lawyer up to protect its 'dreamers' after Trump's DACA reversal

Microsoft is making plans to protect its workers after the White House said it will end the DACA immigration program.

The company said in a blog post Tuesday that it will take legal action on behalf of its at least 39 Dreamer employees should the government try to deport them.

The Trump administration's reversal of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields the children of undocumented immigrants from deportation, immediately drew strong condemnations from prominent tech leaders like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Microsoft also slammed the decision, and called on Congress to pass an adequate replacement when it returns from recess this fall.

"We believe this is a big step back for our entire country," Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith said in the post, reiterating a similar statement from last week.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also released a more personal statement last week in which we he referenced his own immigration journey from India.

"I am a product of two uniquely American attributes: the ingenuity of American technology reaching me where I was growing up, fueling my dreams, and the enlightened immigration policy that allowed me to pursue my dreams," Nadella wrote.

Cook also said in an internal email to employees that Apple will give its more than 250 DACA employees the "support they need," including advice from immigration experts, but didn't explicitly mention legal recourse.

If Microsoft were to take legal action, it wouldn't be the first time that a major tech company has gone to bat for their workforce against Donald Trump's administration.

Dozens of tech companies signed legal briefs opposing both of the president's proposed immigration bans earlier in the year. Microsoft, Amazon, and Expedia also backed the Washington state attorney general's bid to shut down the president's "Muslim ban" on the grounds that it hurt them economically.