Recent Immigration Ban news shows an increasing number of businesses that are against the recent executive order, from 97 tech companies to 127. President Trump's Immigration Ban executive order did not only caused ripples on celebrities and iconic personalities, it also wreaked havoc on the economy as well.
According to Entrepreneur, A Washington federal judge filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in order to temporarily halt the immigration ban order. In addition, 97 tech companies filed an amicus curiae to show their support for the lawsuit against the executive order.
According to CIO, that number now increased to 127 tech companies, who offer their support for the suit against the immigration ban. Among the law suit's supporters are some of the most distinguished tech company names in Silicon Valley.
Apple, Ebay, Airbnb, Facebook, Google, Lyft, Microsoft, Reddit, Netflix, Twitter and Linkedin are just some of the notable names joining the case against Trump's executive order.
This immigration ban news signifies the struggle that tech companies will endure if the executive order is upheld. The source stated that the immigration ban "inflicts significant harm" on businesses.
Another issue that this immigration ban news brings to the table is the case of immigrant employees. Tech companies have some of the greatest from all over the world, and these are mostly immigrants.
With Trump's executive order in place, it's more "difficult and expensive" for tech companies to retain and hire promising employees who happen to be immigrants as well.
The previous source mentions that, by bringing the immigration ban issue on legal grounds, it's more likely to be addressed and noticed than the usual protests. While numerous celebrities are already raising their concern about the executive order, most of these are falling on deaf ears.
The recent legal brief shows there's a rapidly growing support for the stand against Trump's executive order. Altimeter Group analyst Brian Solis mentions that there are "many more" legal actions that are needed to be taken in order to "wrestle" Trump's immigration ban executive order.