The academic case for repealing Trump's refugee and travel ban

Abstract

Academics provide education and undertake research to improve understanding, and hopefully make the world a better place. US President Donald Trump's recent executive order on Jan 27, 2017, 1 The White HouseExecutive Order: Protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into The United States. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/27/executive-order-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-statesDate: Jan 27, 2017 Google Scholar banning travel to the USA from seven predominantly Muslim countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) for 90 days, suspending the US resettlement programme for all refugees for 120 days, indefinitely suspending the entry of Syrian refugees, and reducing the number of resettled refugees from 110 000 to 50 000, has dramatically and negatively affected millions of people's lives. Academics from around the world have an obligation to provide quality evidence to students, the public, and policy makers about the impact of this order to ensure informed decisions are made. Toward this end, faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, MD, USA, sent the President a letter 2 Klag MJ Baral S Barry C et al. Letter from faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to President Trump. http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-refugee-and-disaster-response/News/Johns-Hopkins-faculty-urge-Trump-to-not-issue-Executive-Order-halting-refugee-admissions.pdfDate: Jan 27, 2017 Google Scholar urging him not to sign what was then a draft order, and after its release held a symposium on the executive order and emerging public health crisis on Feb 2, 2017. 3 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthThe executive order on refugees: an emerging public health crisis. http://www.jhsph.edu/events/2017/the-executive-order-on-refugees/index.htmlDate: Feb 2, 2017 Google Scholar We encourage others to do the same. Implications of a travel ban on US medical education and trainingWe write in response to the recent Comment1 on the academic consequences of President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13769 to restrict travel into the USA for citizens from seven countries. This has affected ourselves, our friends, our colleagues, our students, and our patients. Full-Text PDF