Posted on 01/31/2017 9:23:42 AM PST by dayglored
Tech companies are joining forces with the Washington state government to fight against Donald Trump’s recent immigration-related executive order. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit today against Trump’s order, which bars legal immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US and bans Syrian refugees indefinitely.
Now, at least three tech companies — Microsoft, Amazon, and Expedia — are joining that legal fight. A Microsoft spokesman told Reuters that the company is providing information about the effect of the order in order to "be supportive." They also would "be happy to testify further if needed."
Both Amazon and Expedia are also preparing statements that demonstrate the order’s negative impact on their business. In an email to employees, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote that the company’s legal team "has prepared a declaration of support for the Washington State Attorney General who will be filing suit against the order." They are considering other legal options, as well. Expedia hasn’t publicly released its statement but Ferguson cited the company’s help in a press release.
The lawsuit will attempt to prove the immigration ban is unconstitutional...
(Excerpt) Read more at theverge.com ...
Just think if there is another terrorist attack.
These people have crawled WAY out on the limb there.
How many Syrian coders are there?
These companies are firing the first shot before Trump does. So when Trump rolls out his plans like cutting H-1B or cutting government jobs they can say he is attacking them because they opposed him politically. Same thing going on at EPA, Park Service, etc. People who are going to get the Trump hammer dropped on them know it. Big time.
MICROSOFT > MONOPOLY
Microsoft, a company that has fired all its American customer support staff and hired Indians to replace them. It is killing Microsoft as a company.
Dang....guess will have to stop using amazon.com.
Terrorists Once Used Refugee Program to Settle in US
http://abcnews.go.com/International/terrorists-refugee-program-settle-us/story?id=35252500
Libs love terrorists.
Recall after 9-1-1 hollywierd considered having the Oscars (?) at a military base. The snowflakes, who hate the military, were scared silly and were looking at the alpha males to protect them. The irony was not lost.
Snowflakes melting in the Sun.
Just another reason to go to Linux.
Intel, MS and Google are going to try and save their H1b Pakistani and Iranian software engineers.
I worked with a number at Intel.
The most dangerous co-workers I’ve ever experienced.
One asked where he could buy machine guns and had a ad demanding Iran have the Bomb hanging in his office.
Protected by HR so there was nothing you could do about it.
I’d be willing to bet, Intel has at least 250 radical Muslims working for them in the Oregon site alone.
Probably another 250 in Folsom.
How DO Iranians manage to secure H1B visas anyhow?
We have no diplomatic relations with their country.
No embassy there. So how are they applying?
Just cancelled Prime - I’ll need an intervention, but I will adapt.
I really am trying not to hate microsoft- but they are making it extremely difficult not to-
Good. I will need intervention too! LOL
I’m sooooo sorry that Microsoft can’t find enough American born and educated software folks that it will have a huge corporate crisis if a Somali national is delayed in arriving by 90-150 days.
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