Khizr Khan discussing immigration at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in PhiladelphiaWIKIMEDIA, VOICE OF AMERICA
After President Donald Trump issued a controversial executive order on immigration last week (January 27) that temporarily banned travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, the scientific community mobilized. Arguing that scientific discovery is inextricably tied to immigrants and international collaboration, researchers began writing letters and statements opposing the order.
Here are a few excerpts from statements issued by scientific societies and organization, calling on Trump to rescind the executive order.
—A letter signed by more than 150 scientific and engineering societies, national associations, and universities, sent to President Donald Trump
—A joint statement on the executive order, written by six national cancer societies
—American Society for Cell Biology, official statement
—Ken Kimmell, President of the Union of Concerned Scientists, official statement
—Society for Neuroscience, official ...
