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Title: Apple joins 96 other U.S. companies in legal brief against Trump immigration order Post by: HCK on February 07, 2017, 04:05:19 pm Apple joins 96 other U.S. companies in legal brief against Trump immigration order
From Apple to Zynga, almost a hundred U.S. companies have filed in opposition to President Trump's executive order on immigration. Ninety-seven U.S. companies, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Snap, Netflix, Uber, and non-tech companies including Levi Strauss & Co., have filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals condemning President Trump's executive order on immigration. Reuters: "The Order represents a significant departure from the principles of fairness and predictability that have governed the immigration system of the United States for more than fifty years," the brief stated. "The Order inflicts significant harm on American business, innovation, and growth as a result," it added. "Immigrants or their children founded more than 200 of the companies on the Fortune 500 list." Bloomberg: "Immigrants make many of the Nation's greatest discoveries, and create some of the country's most innovative and iconic companies,... Source: Apple joins 96 other U.S. companies in legal brief against Trump immigration order (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/jFEXZn9RLn0/apple-96-others-join-legal-brief-against-trump-immigration-order) |