Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla join filing against Trump's travel ban
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#2BSBC)
Companies were not original signatories, but now join 97 other tech firms in supporting Washington state lawsuit
Elon Musk's companies SpaceX and Tesla are to join the ranks of technology firms officially opposing the migrant ban imposed by the US president, Donald Trump, standing alongside the 97 firms who signed up to an amicus brief on Sunday night.
The companies are supporting a lawsuit brought by Washington state against the ban, which affects millions of people from seven majority-Muslim nations. The suit, which is currently being heard in the ninth circuit federal court in San Francisco, California, has already succeeded in imposing a temporary halt to the enforcement of Trump's executive order.
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