Hollywood's stars joined tens of thousands of protestors over the weekend in speaking out about President Donald Trump's immigration ban.
As protests were held at airports and major US landmarks all over the country, Hollywood was throwing one of its biggest awards events of the year: the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Many celebrities used the awards show, social media platforms, and the protests to voice their opposition to Trump's ban.
The immigration ban — which is being challenged as unconstitutional and called racist and a "Muslim ban" by critics – temporarily blocks travelers from entering the US from seven predominately Muslim countries and bans all refugees from entering for the next 120 days.
The impact on Hollywood was immediately felt when Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose film "The Salesman" is nominated for a best foreign film Oscar, said the ban would stop him from being able to attend the awards ceremony on February 26.
While some entertainment stars certainly support Trump and his executive order, the vocal majority has made its objections to his presidency clear.
Over the weekend, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seth Rogen, Taraji P. Henson, Ashton Kutcher, and Sarah Paulson, among many other stars, expressed their disapproval of the immigration ban.
Here's what they had to say:
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Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen used his powerful presence on social media to spread the word of a protest in Los Angeles on Sunday and spoke about his own immigrant roots.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/825831528550772737
One of the many reasons I am opposed to the #MuslimBan is because my family immigrated to North America (🇨🇦🇺🇸) after fleeing wars in Russia.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/825834717308149760
One of the other reasons I oppose the #MuslimBan is that I feel it's prime effect is persecuting innocent refugees.
Simon Helberg
CBS's "The Big Bang Theory"star Simon Helberg and his wife, Jocelyn Towne, didn't have to speak any words. On the SAG Awards red carpet, he held a sign reading, "Refugees welcome," while she had "Let them in" written on her chest.
Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling wrote of her immigrant roots and made an impassioned plea to her more than eight million followers on Twitter Monday.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/826115075991756800
I'm the child of people with green cards. It's a simple twist of fate that I'm of Indian Hindu descent and not something else (1)
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/826115210754666496
Please let's not extinguish the hopes of people who love this country & want to work for it & help its citizens. & teach that to their kids
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