Cook: U.S. child detention policy is `Inhumane` and `heartbreaking`
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Apple`s CEO, Tim Cook, hasn`t just led the company to previously unimaginable profits, he`s led the way on civil and human rights as well. It should come as absolutely no surprise that Tim Cook has weighed in on the current U.S. govermnent practice of separating and detaining children and babies as part of its border control policies. Speaking in Dublin on Tuesday, Mr Cook described the situation as `inhumane` and said Apple would be working with people in the US government to try to be a `constructive voice` on the issue. `It`s heartbreaking to see the images and hear the sounds of the kids. Kids are the most vulnerable people in any society. I think that what`s happening is inhumane, it needs to stop,` Mr Cook told The Irish Times. We`ve always felt everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. In this case, that`s not happening.` Cook also said he`d spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump about a number of issues and found that while Trump listened, he didn`t al...