Apple to Amazon line up in battle against Trump’s immigrant visa ban

Several of nation’s largest tech companies — including Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft — are the latest to join the court battle against President Donald Trump’s ban on new visas for temporary foreign workers.

The group asked a court Monday to be allowed to add the industry’s voice to a lawsuit opposing the ban, saying it’s causing “irreparable harm on businesses and the nation’s economy.”

Trump issued a proclamation on June 22 that suspends a host of non-immigrant visa programs, including H-1B visas for high-skill specialty occupations, H-2B visas for nonagricultural workers, and L-1 visas for intra-company transfers.