Tesla and SpaceX, two brainchildren of billionaire business magnate and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, have joined more than 100 other companies in opposing President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting immigration, company officials confirmed to The Huffington Post. In an amicus ― “friend of the court” ― brief filed Sunday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, dozens of companies argued that Trump’s executive order suspending refugee resettlement and barring all travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries is unconstitutional and bad for business. “As soon we saw the brief this morning, we insisted on being added,” a Tesla spokesperson said in an email to HuffPost. Tesla and SpaceX were among roughly 30 companies to sign on to the document Monday, bringing the total number to 127. Over the weekend, Trump repeatedly took to Twitter to blast the judge who issued the order, calling it “ridiculous.”

Source: Huffington Post February 07, 2017 02:35 UTC