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Muslim Countries: Signs Reading and Travel Bans

muslim countries: They carried signs with slogans that read, Do not scapegoat Muslim people, We will not go quietly, and Help refugees escape war, according to Toronto Star. Nazerah Shaikh, her daughter and her three nieces carried signs reading The 6ix supports the Seven, and including the flags of the seven predominantly Muslim countries against which Trump has leveled travel bans and restrictions. Protesters began lining the sidewalk outside the consulate on around 8 a.m., but quickly spread into the street. Article Continued Below We're disgusted and sad. Their citizenship is pending, and they have family here that they want to come and see, but they're not sure they can. That's why we're here, Shaikh said. react-text 160 Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. consolate on University Avenue this morning to protest the immigration policies of U.S. President Donald Trump. /react-text Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star We do have close friends in Detroit who had to cancel travel plans because of these policies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.