Tech firms to fight Trump's immigration order in court

Amazon and Expedia made declarations supporting a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration

Technology executives have for days assailed President Trump’s executive order suspending immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries, framing their arguments largely in moral terms.

On Monday, two tech companies — Amazon and Expedia — stepped up their opposition to the order with filings that were part of a lawsuit in federal court against the Trump administration, arguing that the order will hurt their businesses.

The filings represent an escalation of the technology industry’s efforts to push back on the order signed by Trump on Friday night. There was little sign of the outcry over the order diminishing throughout the industry,