Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook are among the 97 companies to join forces against the president’s immigration ban, telling the court the executive order is « unlawful. »
US President Donald Trump has been in office only two weeks, but he’s already rubbing the nation’s tech companies the wrong way.
Apple, Google and Microsoft are among 97 technology businesses that banded together Sunday to file a legal brief against Trump’s immigration ban .
The executive order, which prohibits citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US for 90 days, « is inflicting substantial harm on U. S. companies, » according to the filing.
The brief is the latest ripple effect from the ban, which has sparked protests across the nation and swift reaction from the tech industry. Many of the companies voice their opposition to the order when it was announced just over a week ago , with senior figures at many companies, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, denouncing the order. Public reaction caused Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber, which is one of the companies to sign the brief, to resign from Trump’s economic advisory council. Now those same companies, and many more, are putting their words into action by taking a stand in the legal battle over the ban.
The timing of the filing is significant. The Trump administration and the ban’s opponents have until Monday to provide legal arguments for and against the ban after it was blocked by a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in Seattle on Friday.
