Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and 93 other tech companies call travel ban 'unlawful' in rare coordinated legal action

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:41 AM
Subject: [ NNSquad ] Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and 93 other tech
companies call travel ban 'unlawful' in rare coordinated legal action
To: <nnsquad () nnsquad org>



Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and 93 other tech companies call travel
ban 'unlawful' in rare coordinated legal action

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/02/05/uber-twitter-netflix-and-other-tech-giants-to-call-travel-ban-unlawful-in-rare-coordinated-legal-action/?utm_term=.dc1a4ed6ebc6

        On Sunday night, technology giants Apple, Facebook, Google,
        Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter, Uber and many others filed a
        legal brief opposing the administration's contentious entry
        ban, according to people familiar with the matter. The move
        represents a rare coordinated action across a broad swath of
        the industry -- 97 companies in total-- and demonstrates the
        depth of animosity toward the Trump ban.  The amicus brief was
        filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit,
        which is expected to rule within a few days on an appeal by
        the administration after a federal judge in Seattle issued
        late Friday a temporary restraining order putting the entry
        ban on hold. The brief comes at the end of a week of
        nationwide protests against the plan -- as well as a flurry of
        activity in Silicon Valley, a region that sees immigration as
        central to its identity as an innovation hub.

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