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NYC: Thousands Protest Trump Plan to Impose Ban on Refugees, Block Visas from Seven Muslim Nations

On Wednesday night, thousands of protesters packed into Washington Square Park in New York for an emergency rally in support of Muslim and immigrant rights. The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations organized the event after leaked documents showed Trump is preparing to sign an executive order blocking visas from being issued to anyone from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. "Democracy Now!" hears from New York City Public Advocate Letitia James and Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour and speaks to Vincent Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights and Faiza Patel of the Brennan Center.

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