Leading Tech Companies Like Facebook And Google File Case Brief Against Trump's Travel Ban
Almost 100 firms have signed the brief against the President's executive order.
Leading technology companies such as Facebook, Apple and Google together filed a legal brief against US President Donald Trump¡¯s immigration ban, saying it ¡°inflicts significant harm on American business¡±.
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Almost 100 firms signed the brief including Twitter, Intel, Netflix and Uber.
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Trump signed an executive order one week ago that temporarily bans citizens of seven Muslim-majority country from entering the United States and indefinitely bans Syrian refugees from entering.
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His administration has a deadline on Monday to justify the executive order temporarily barring immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries and the entry of refugees, after a federal judge in Seattle blocked it with a temporary restraining order on Friday.
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"The Order represents a significant departure from the principles of fairness and predictability that have governed the immigration system of the United States for more than fifty years," the brief stated.
"The Order inflicts significant harm on American business, innovation, and growth as a result," it added.
"Immigrants or their children founded more than 200 of the companies on the Fortune 500 list."
U.S. tech firms have been among the more vocal sectors speaking out against the policy, with many of its staff made up of foreign-born nationals.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco over the weekend denied the Trump administration's request for an immediate stay of the federal judge's temporary restraining order that blocked nationwide the implementation of key parts of the travel ban.
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But the court said it would reconsider the government's request after receiving more information.
