BrandedLogoDesigns Report:Tech companies oppose Trumps entry ban

Nearly 100 US companies, including Facebook, eBay, Google and Apple, have spoken out against the entry ban of Donald Trump. They submitted an opinion to the Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

After the delicate defeat of US President Donald Trump in court, the legal dispute about his migration policy continues. The government had Monday to midnight (CET) to submit a detailed reasoning for their views at the San Francisco Court of Appeals. Previously, the plaintiffs had already submitted detailed arguments against the entry bar, the states of Washington and Minnesota.

Meanwhile, former US top diplomats, including former foreign ministers John Kerry and Madeleine Albright, have also put themselves on the side of the opponents of the entry ticket. The security situation in the US is not being improved, but argued, because of the visas for people from Muslim countries.

Tech industry sees itself massively impaired

In addition, representatives from 97 technology companies, led by industry heavyweights such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft, interfered in the discussion and explained that their staff was severely affected by the spell. The lawyers of the federal states had previously argued that families were torn apart, young people were prevented from studying and companies were harmed.

Among the companies are also Ebay, Intel, Netflix, Twitter and the snapchat operator Snap. The participation of the jeans company Levi Strauss and the yogurt manufacturer Chobani point to the possibility of a wider coalition far beyond the borders of Silicon Valley. At the same time, some prominent names from the tech industry such as Amazon, IBM, Oracle, Yahoo or Tesla are missing.

A federal judge in Seattle initially suspended the Trump decree on temporary entry restrictions for citizens from Muslim countries on Friday evening (local time) at the request of the Justice Ministers of both US states. An appeals court in San Francisco also rejected the request of the Ministry of Justice for immediate reinstatement. It instructed the parties to submit more detailed arguments. Trump now announced via Twitter that he would now impose stricter border controls.

Also from the sports world came resistance against Trumps policy. Thus, the freshly baked Super Bowl winner and Patriots player Martellus Bennett announced not to accompany his team to honor the White House. Traditionally, the winner of the American Football League final will be received there by the President.

Trump himself fought his reputation on Monday morning. He felt compelled to make clear that he was still holding the threads of the White House. "I make my own decisions, mostly on the basis of data," he wrote. Several media, including the "Time" magazine, had suggested that Trump had become the marionette of his advisors - especially the right-wing media manager Stephen Bannon and the right-wing conservative politician Stephen Miller.