Over the weekend, riots and protests erupted in Los Angeles, with viral footage showing rioters smashing the windshields of ICE and police vehicles and setting fire to self-driving Waymo cars.

Given the sharp divides in public opinion over the protests, and the deportations that sparked them, Big Tech is steering clear of a combustible situation. “Anything that increases the tension around immigration will just make it harder for tech,” said Nu Wexler, a consultant who formerly worked in policy communications for Facebook and Google.

After five of Waymo’s driverless taxis went up in flames Sunday during anti-ICE protests in downtown Los Angeles, costing the company hundreds of thousands of dollars, questions remain about how the vehicles made their way into the area.