The 97 tech firms who have joined forces to oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration say they are looking to protect their employees as well as their business interests.
“The order makes it more difficult and expensive for U.S. companies to recruit, hire, and retain some of the world’s best employees,” the court brief reads. “It disrupts ongoing business operations. And it threatens companies’ ability to attract talent, business, and investment to the United States.”
The list of firms who signed onto the friend-of-the-court brief includes Airbnb, Apple, Facebook, GitHub, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter and Yelp. The move comes in response to the executive order signed on Jan. 27 that temporarily bars citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, as well as all refugees, from entering the United States.
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