ASA Issues Statement in Response to Trump's Order on Visas, Immigration

摘要

In response to President Trump's executive order on visas and immigration, which among other measures blocks citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for 90 days, ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein and the chair of the ASA's Committee on International Relations in Statistics, Geert Molenberghs, issued the following statement on the ASA's behalf: In light of the recent executive order on visas and immigration, we are compelled to speak out in support of our international members. Science benefits from the free expression and exchange of ideas. As the oldest scientific society in the United States and the world's largest professional society for statisticians, the ASA has an overarching responsibility to support rigorous and robust science. Our world relies on data and statistical thinking to drive discovery, which thrives from the contributions of a global community of scientists, researchers, and students. A flourishing scientific culture, in turn, benefits our nation's economic prosperity and security.