A Meta Employee Who Just Lost Their Job Was Detained by Immigration Agents

Colleagues discussed the incident on internal message boards, according to documents seen by WIRED.
MENLO PARK CA  MAY 15 A view of Meta  headquarters in Menlo Park California United States on May 15 2026.
Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on May 15, 2026.Photograph: Tayfun Coskun/Getty Images

A former Meta employee who lost their job during a round of layoffs on May 20 is said to have been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in recent days, according to communications inside the company seen by WIRED.

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