Nearly 100 companies, including Apple (AAPL.O), Google (GOOGL.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O), banded together on Sunday to file a legal brief opposing President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban, arguing that it “inflicts significant harm on American business.”The brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, included Facebook (FB.O), Twitter (TWTR.N), Intel (INTC.O), eBay (EBAY.O), Netflix (NFLX.O) and Uber [UBER.UL], as well as non-tech companies such as Levi Strauss [LEVST.UL] and Chobani.Trump’s executive order of Jan. 27, the most contentious policy move of his first two weeks in office, faces crucial legal hurdles. A federal judge in Seattle on Friday blocked the move, and the Trump administration has a deadline on Monday to justify the action, whoch temporarily barred entry to the United States by people from seven mostly Muslim countries, as well as suspending the U.S. refugee program.”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 from the companies stated.”The Order inflicts significant harm on American business, innovation, and growth as a result,” it added.
Källa: U.S. tech firms file legal brief opposing Trump’s travel ban | Reuters
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