Twitter and Netflix to file brief opposing Donald Trump’s immigration order

The technology industry has been the most vocal in opposition to Trump’s order barring travel from several Muslim-majority countries

San Francisco: Technology companies including Twitter Inc. and Netflix Inc. are planning to submit legal documents condemning President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, adding to the industry’s growing opposition to the policy, according to people familiar with the matter.
The amicus brief will be filed tonight in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and emphasize the importance of immigrants in the economy and society, the people said. The companies originally planned to file the brief later this coming week, but accelerated the efforts over the weekend after other legal challenges to the order, according to two people familiar with the situation.
Twitter confirmed its participation. Other companies signing include Salesforce.com Inc., Uber Technologies Inc., Pinterest Inc. and AppNexus Inc., one of the people said, declining to be named because the information isn’t public.
“Immigrants make many of the nation’s greatest discoveries, and create some of the country’s most innovative and iconic companies,” the companies plan to say, according to a draft of the brief obtained by Bloomberg. “America has long recognized the importance of protecting ourselves against those who would do us harm. But it has done so while maintaining the fundamental commitment to welcoming immigrants—through increased background checks and other controls on people seeking to enter our country.”
The technology industry has been the most vocal in opposition to Trump’s order barring travel from several Muslim-majority countries.
Bloomberg News reported earlier that several large tech companies, including Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc., are planning to sign an open letter to President Trump expressing concern about the immigration order and offering help fixing it and other policies. Bloomberg