Results 1 to 1 of 1
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
-
04-19-2017, 06:30 PM #1
162 tech companies file brief against the latest immigration executive order
Posted 35 minutes ago by Devin Coldewey
Silicon Valley and the tech community at large has been a staunch opponent of Trump’s immigration policies, from the “Muslim Ban” executive orders to H-1B restrictions. Today sees 162 companies banding together to file an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging the revised immigration order issued in March.
Pretty much all the majors are listed as amici: Facebook, Google, SpaceX, Amazon, Salesforce, Microsoft, etc.
After describing for several pages the achievements of immigrants as far back as Nikola Tesla, the document lists its arguments for why the order is (still) unreasonable and unlawful.
Like the First Executive Order, the Second Order effects a fundamental shift in the rules governing entry into the United States, and is inflicting substantial harm on U.S. companies, their employees, and the entire economy.
The brief claims the order violates USC 1152, which requires that “no person shall… be discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of the person’s race, sex, nationality,place of birth, or place of residence.”
The power of the President to ban certain persons from immigration temporarily is acknowledged, but described as totally out of line with the scope of the bill.
…the ban applies to literally millions of people who could not plausibly be foreign terrorists: hundreds of thousands of students, employees, and family members of citizens who have been previously admitted to the United States, and countless peaceful individuals who are citizens of or born in the targeted countries.
Trump’s second order, like the first, is facing legal challenges at the national level. The administration declined to further appeal the rejection of the first, instead opting to craft a revised version — which faces similar but possibly more manageable legal opposition.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/19/16...ecutive-order/Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn
Similar Threads
-
Trump to Sign Executive Order Ending Obama's Unconstitutional Executive Amnesty
By GeorgiaPeach in forum illegal immigration News Stories & ReportsReplies: 3Last Post: 01-26-2017, 05:52 PM -
Interesting Timing – Executive Order — Amendment to Executive Order 13639 - Elections
By AirborneSapper7 in forum General DiscussionReplies: 0Last Post: 05-21-2013, 07:03 PM -
Obama’s Latest Executive Order: Communications Takeover?
By kathyet in forum Other Topics News and IssuesReplies: 0Last Post: 07-08-2012, 10:20 AM -
Executive Order on Immigration Reform
By immigration2009 in forum General DiscussionReplies: 8Last Post: 11-19-2010, 09:51 PM -
Executive Order: Further Amending Executive Order 13381
By Dixie in forum General DiscussionReplies: 8Last Post: 06-30-2007, 02:28 PM
Congressman Eli Crane says Biden administration is stonewalling...
04-24-2024, 05:07 AM in illegal immigration News Stories & Reports