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hashtag delete uber took off this weekend Twitter might have issues knowing what exactly it's service is for but its users know Twitter can be a tool for drawing attention to certain topics over the weekend the hashtag delete uber trended why was that it is related to president Trump's executive order banning immigration to the u.s. from seven predominantly Muslim countries there were protests at New York's John F Kennedy Airport against the executive order the New York taxi workers alliance that's the union of New York City drivers wrote no pickups at JFK Airport 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. today drivers stand in solidarity with thousands protesting inhumane and unconstitutional hashtag Muslim ban with no taxi service at JFK uber dropped surge pricing around the airport twitter users responded saying uber was a strikebreaker the backlash against uber led people to post on Twitter they were deleting the app with the hashtag delete uber uber issued a statement saying we are sorry for any confusion about our earlier tweet it was not meant to break up any strike uber CEO Travis kalanick is on president Trump strategic and policy forum calloc issued a statement saying the immigrant ban was unjust and pledged to create a three million dollar legal defense fund to help drivers with immigration and translation services for more information check out cnn.com a my as actor I'll see you online