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US tech firms urge court to toss out Trump travel ban

Published Thu, Apr 20, 2017 · 09:50 PM

San Francisco

SCORES of technology firms including Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft on Wednesday joined in a legal filing urging a judge to toss out President Donald Trump's latest travel ban.

More than 160 companies, all but a couple of which are in the technology sector, signed a "friend of the court" brief siding with opponents of Mr Trump's executive order in a US appeals court for the District of Maryland.

Federal judges have halted Mr Trump's revised executive order issued in March to temporarily close US borders to refugees and nationa…

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