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Starbucks pledged to hire 10,000 refugees in direct response to Donald Trump’s executive order indefinitely barring Syrian refugees from entering the country and banning travel from six other Muslim-majority countries.
The coffee retailer’s chairman and CEO Howard Schultz said in a memo to employees on Sunday that the company will be “doubling down” on efforts to support refugees by making the new hires in 75 countries over the next five years.
“I write you today with deep concern, a heavy heart and a resolute promise,” Schultz said.
Starbucks plans to start the hiring process at home by focusing employment efforts toward individuals who have “served with U.S....