Finally, as expected, Apple has joined almost a hundred American companies and all together have formally presented a legal document in which they express their opposition to the anti-immigration ordern that Donald Trump, current president of the United States, signed last Friday, January 27, just a week after taking office, under the pretext of preventing the entry of terrorists into the country.
Specifically, as reported by the Bloomberg media, a total of 96 firms from the United States have joined forces and have presented this legal brief before the American appeals circuit after several days of joint work during which these companies dealt with not only to find a common text, but also to open it to other companies not belonging to the technology sector, something that they have finally achieved.
One hundred big companies, against the Trump order
According to the insights published a few hours ago by Bloomberg, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), has joined 96 other US technology companies including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Snap, Uber, Twitter or Intel, among others, and have filed a legal brief opposing Donald Trump's anti-immigration order.
But this list of companies has also been opened to other sectors of the economy beyond the technology industry, such as consumer goods companies Levi Strauss o Chobani (manufacturer of yogurts) among others.
Why is Amazon not supporting the brief?
Perhaps to many it may be striking that Amazon is not on the list, however, there is an explanation in this regard: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has already supported the lawsuit that was filed by the State Attorney General in Washington, thanks to which the order could be temporarily suspended.
The legal brief presented
The brief was filed late Sunday in the Ninth Circuit of Appeals. In said text the importance of immigrants is highlighted for the economy and for society as a whole, and the illegality of the prohibition is argued.
The presentation of this document was planned throughout the past week, however, during this weekend the companies decided to accelerate the pace of work in order to present it as soon as possible.
"The Order represents a significant departure from the principles of fairness and predictability that have governed the United States immigration system for more than fifty years," the document states. "Immigrants or their children founded more than 200 of the Fortune 500 companies."
Immigrants make many of the nation's greatest discoveries and create some of the most innovative and iconic companies in the country. America has long recognized the importance of protecting ourselves against those who would harm us. Welcome immigrants - through increased background checks and other checks on people seeking to enter our country.
The brief also supposes the demand that the States of Minnesota and Washington have previously presented against the controversial order of Donald Trump that bans any citizen from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen) and that, in addition, leaves the door open for such a ban to expand to other countries in the future.
Of course, the federal government can and should implement specific and appropriate adjustments to the nation's immigration system to improve the security of the Nation. But a broad and open ban, coupled with an indication that the ban could be extended to other countries without notice, does not fit the goal of making the country safer, but will undermine American interests.
The ban, the document notes, sows confusion and threatens companies' ability to attract skilled workers long term.
A few days ago, Tim Cook already announced in an interview that Apple was considering taking legal action against the Trump administration.