A total of 97 companies — including Apple, Facebook, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Netflix and Twitter — filed a court motion on Sunday night declaring that Trump’s executive order on immigration “violates the immigration laws and the Constitution.”
According to CNN News, almost all the companies that signed on in support are tech companies.
The few exceptions include yogurt producer Chobani, snack maker Kind and fashion brand Levi Strauss. All three companies were founded by immigrants.
The ban represents “a sudden shift in the rules governing entry into the United States, and is inflicting substantial harm on U.S. companies,” says the court document.
It is the latest move by the tech industry to oppose Trump’s controversial order, which has run into hurdles in the U.S. court system.
The motion was filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which on Sunday morning denied the U.S. government’s emergency request to resume Trump’s travel ban. The appeals court has asked for both sides to file legal briefs before it makes a final decision.
The lawsuit in question was filed by the attorneys general of Washington state and Minnesota.
The motion from the 97 companies seeks permission to file what’s known as an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in the case.
Trump’s executive order bars citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. for 90 days and all refugees from entering for 120 days. It also indefinitely halts refugees from Syria.
