Apple, Google, and 95 other tech firms join forces to fight Trump travel ban
by CYRUS FARIVAR at arstechnica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/apple-google-and-95-other-tech-firms-join-forces-to-fight-trump-travel-ban/
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Nearly 100 tech companies, including Facebook, Github, Uber, and Lyft, signed on to a court filing submitted to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals late Sunday night, Pacific Time.
The firms are now adding their support to a fast-moving lawsuit, State of Washington v. Trump, to halt the recent executive order that placed new immigration restrictions on people from seven Muslim-majority nations. That list includes Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, and Libya.
On Friday in federal court in Seattle, US District Judge James L. Robart ruled against the government, finding that a temporary restraining order was warranted and that the president overstepped his bounds. For now, the Seattle judge’s nationwide ruling stands. Late Saturday night, the 9th Circuit rejected the government’s attempt to get an emergency stay of the order.
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In the Sunday night 53-page amicus filing, the corporations forcefully argued in favor of America’s history as a "nation of immigrants," and noted that if the order is allowed to stand, "American workers and the economy will suffer as a result." Many, but not all, of these companies also filed a amicus brief in Apple's 2016 showdown against the Department of Justice over a seized iPhone in San Bernardino, California.
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