Three weeks after the Trump administration enacted a travel ban on citizens of seven majority-Muslim nations, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released a statement on immigration and the impact of “unilateral travel restrictions” on the building development, design, and construction sectors.
“Beyond the essential considerations of fairness and equity, restrictions targeting specific areas of the world can have profoundly negative business impacts,” AIA President Thomas Vonier said in the statement.
For the architecture industry, this means potential hindrances to regular business travel by employees and clients, recruitment of talent from other countries, and the success of international students and faculty in architecture higher education.