Ninety-seven United States-based companies including Apple, Uber, Airbnb, Facebook and Google, have signed a joint legal briefing against United States President Donald Trump’s Executive Order restricting people from entering the country, Bloomberg reported on Monday.
A United States federal appeals court had denied the justice department’s request to reinstate Trump’s immigration ban. On February 3, Judge James Robart of a Seattle court had issued a temporary restraining order on the ban.
Filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the petition highlights the importance of immigrants to the US economy. “Immigrants make many of the nation’s greatest discoveries, and create some of the country’s most innovative and iconic companies. America has long recognized the importance of protecting ourselves against those who would do us harm. But it has done so while maintaining our fundamental commitment to welcoming immigrants—through increased background checks and other controls on people seeking to enter our country,” the document said.
The companies said the restrictions would harm American businesses and growth. “Immigrants or their children founded more than 200 of the companies on the Fortune 500 list,” the brief said.
Former US government officials, including ex-Secretaries of State John Kerry and Madeleine Albright have also urged courts to block the controversial ban,
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