Online travel industry giant Expedia Inc. has more at stake in U.S. immigration policy than many other companies do, given its natural business interest in global travel, and its team of engineers and business leaders from around the world.

The CEO of the Bellevue, Wash.-based company, Dara Khosrowshahi, also has a unique personal perspective, as a native of Iran who immigrated to the U.S. as a kid with his family after the Iranian Revolution. As the longtime leader of a company with a market value of more than $18 billion, he’s an example of the benefits of immigration for the country.

In an internal email to Expedia’s employees this morning, obtained by GeekWire, the Expedia CEO spoke out against President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. The order prevents citizens of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya from entering the U.S. for 90 days, suspends all refugee immigration for 120 days, and bars Syrian refugees from entering the country indefinitely.

“I believe that with this Executive Order, our President has reverted to the short game,” Khosrowshahi told Expedia employees in the message. “The U.S. may be an ever so slightly less dangerous as a place to live, but it will certainly be seen as a smaller nation, one that is inward-looking versus forward thinking, reactionary versus visionary.”

Khosrowshahi said at last fall’s GeekWire Summit that Trump’s worldview and Expedia’s philosophy are diametrically opposed. Khosrowshahi said at the time that travel can help bring people together and break down barriers. Those are key tenets of Expedia’s mission, and ideals Khosrowshahi said Trump does not represent.

Here’s an extended excerpt from Khosrowshahi’s email to employees this morning.