Enlarge / Donald Trump, Peter Thiel (center) met with and Apple CEO Tim Cook (right) and other leaders in December 2016. (credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Nearly 100 tech companies, including Facebook, Github, Uber, and Lyft, signed on to a court filing submitted to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals late Sunday night, Pacific Time.

The firms are now adding their support to a fast-moving lawsuit, State of Washington v. Trump, to halt the recent executive order that placed new immigration restrictions on people from seven Muslim-majority nations.

On Friday in federal court in Seattle, US District Judge James L. Robart ruled against the government, finding that a temporary restraining order was warranted and that the president overstepped his bounds. For now, the Seattle judge’s nationwide ruling stands. Late Saturday night, the 9th Circuit rejected the government’s attempt to get an emergency stay of the order.