Enlarge / Donald Trump (right) met with numerous tech executives, including Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (center), and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (left) on December 14, 2016. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Staff / Getty Images News)
Several major tech companies are organizing in opposition to the Trump administration’s executive order that restricts entry or re-entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries. The order, which was signed last Friday, affects immigrants from Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Syria.
Officials from Expedia and Amazon filed formal legal declarations earlier this week in support of Washington state’s federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the executive order. Both companies said that their employees are directly affected by the president’s policy.
Expedia further explained that its business interests would be negatively impacted if the order is allowed to stand.
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