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Trump to suspend new visas for foreign scholars

Latest action sows anxiety and confusion across the US scientific workforce.
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With a proclamation issued on Monday, US President Donald Trump extended and expanded immigration restrictions to limit the entry of foreign workers to the United States. The move set off ripples of alarm among scientists and drew fire from experts concerned about the future of US science.

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Nature 583, 19 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01885-6

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  • Correction 24 June 2020: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Mehmet Doğan is part of an immigration working group at the University of California student-workers union; in fact, the working group is part of the Union of Postdocs and Academic Researchers.

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