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More than 150 biotechnology executives and venture capitalists have voiced opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration order, which they say threatens the U.S.’s thriving medical research industry. “If this misguided policy is not reversed, America is at risk of losing its leadership position in one of its most important sectors, one that will shape the world in the twenty-first century,” the executives wrote in a letter to the editor of Nature Biotechnology, a scientific journal, and published online on Tuesday. (Walker, 2/7)

In a clandestine mission that had the makings of a hostage rescue, the Cleveland Clinic and its lawyers arranged for medical resident Suha Abushamma to fly back to the United States yesterday, more than a week after she was forced to leave because of President Donald Trump’s travel ban. (Ornstein, 2/7)

A Cleveland Clinic resident who was barred from the US following President Trump’s immigration order made a triumphant return to the hospital Tuesday, receiving loud applause and cheers from her colleagues. Dr. Suha Abushamma told a crowd of clinic employees and journalists, “I want to say how happy I am to be back here in Cleveland with my friends, my fiance, and all the people I consider part of my family. I missed everyone so much.” (Ross, 2/7)

On Tuesday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California began hearing arguments in a case weighing whether to continue the suspension of President Trump's travel ban on immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries. In Massachusetts, some health care workers say the uncertainty over the White House's immigration orders is directly affecting their immigrant patients. The workers say some patients aren't coming to their appointments because they're afraid. (Becker, 2/8)