Approximately 500 protesters filled Washington Square Park on Sunday to voice opposition to President Donald Trump’s move to ban immigrants from several mostly Muslim countries from entering the United States.

Protesters donned signs reading “Muslims Welcome” and “Stop Islamophobia Now.”

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren spoke to the crowd stating Rochester would not be bullied into dropping its status as a Sanctuary City. Warren has submitted legislation to City Council that would update Rochester’s Sanctuary City designation, which dates back to 1986.

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This article appears in Jan 25-31, 2017.

4 replies on “Photo Gallery: Rally draws opposition to Trump’s ban”

  1. Undoubtedly some innocent people are being hurt by this and hopefully that will be resolved.
    The link below to a CNN story provides an excellent summary of the situation in Europe where terror attacks have become commonplace due to their open immigration policy.
    Trump is implementing the policy he campaigned on. He is trying to stop what is happening in Europe from coming here.

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/31/europe/isis-…

  3. If his main concern is public safety and he had an ounce of sincerity he’d be working to make sure that guns were not so easily available domestically.

  4. Stephen Winter, that’s quite a broad statement. Specifically, what would you have him do to take illegal guns off the streets?

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