Major companies have rushed to back a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending the refugee program and barring visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries after a federal court temporarily blocked the White House order.
In a brief filed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, nearly 100 companies —including Facebook, Apple and Microsoft — from the technology sector and other industries supported the lawsuit filed by Washington state and Minnesota.
The companies argue that Trump’s order is “inflicting substantial harm on U.S. companies.”
“It hinders the ability of American companies to attract great talent; increases costs imposed on businesses; makes it more difficult for American firms to compete in the international market-place.; and gives global enterprises a new, significant incentive to build operations — and hire new employees — outside the United States,” the legal counsel for the companies wrote in the brief.
The companies also assert that Trump’s order violates the U.S. Constitution and immigration law by discriminating against individuals based on their nationality.
Among the companies who signed the brief were Airbnb, Apple, Chobani, Dropbox, eBay, Etsy, Facebook, Google, Intel, Lyft, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netflox, PayPal, Salesforce, Spotify, and Uber.
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