Anti-Trump fervor sparks a new, liberal kind of tea party activism – Detroit Free Press

Kathleen Gray and Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press Published 11:05 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2017 | Updated 5 hours ago

President Donald Trump has barred all refugees from entering the United States for four months. See how many resettled here last year and how they differ from other immigrants. USA TODAY NETWORK

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Tech companies had strong responses to Donald Trump's executive order banning immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S., and some took action in response. USA TODAY

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Hear the chants protesters belted out at San Francisco International Airport on behalf of refugees banned under President Trump's executive order on immigration. USA TODAY NETWORK

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US President Donald Trump's executive order suspending refugee arrivals for at least 120 days and barring visas from seven Muslim countries has lost its first legal battle after a federal judge ordered detainees at US airports be released. Video provided by AFP Newslook

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Protests flared as President Trump's executive order blocked refugees from entering U.S. airports, including travelers who already had valid visas. USA TODAY NETWORK

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In the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration Friday, many critics quickly took up a familiar rallying cry, lifting words from the Statue of Liberty that have for decades represented American immigration. Time

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President Donald Trump has barred all refugees from entering the United States for four months, and indefinitely banned all refugees from Syria. USA TODAY NETWORK

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Lawyers say dozens of travelers from countries named in President Trump's recent executive order were held at John F. Kennedy International Airport and other airports Saturday amid confusion about whether they could legally enter the country. Time

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Shortly after signing documents in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump said his crackdown on refugees and citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries "is not a Muslim ban." (Jan. 28) AP

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Iran says U.S. citizens are no longer welcome in the country. Buzz60

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Activists protested on Saturday the detention of two Iraqi citizens at New York City's JFK airport, one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES Video provided by AFP Newslook

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US President Donald Trump unleashed a wave of alarm Saturday with his order to temporarily halt all refugee arrivals and impose tough controls on travelers from seven Muslim countries. Video provided by AFP Newslook

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Lawyers are taking action against President Donald Trump's immigration policy. Veuer's Keleigh Nealon (@keleighnealon) has the story. Buzz60

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President Donald Trump's signing of an executive action to bring sweeping changes to the nation's refugee policies is causing fear and alarm for immigrants in the U.S. whose family members will be affected. (Jan. 27) AP

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Confusion, worry and outrage grew Saturday as President Donald Trump's crackdown on refugees and citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries took effect. (Jan. 28) AP

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Speaking backstage at the SAG Awards, actress Lily Tomlin admits she's worried about Donald Trump "changing the laws." (Jan. 30) AP

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Protests to President Trumps executive order on immigration have been polarizing for other reasons. USA TODAY NETWORK

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On the red carpet before the SAG awards, Lily Tomlin, Dev Patel, Jeffrey Tambor, and others express shock over the travel ban signed by President Trump. (January 29) AP

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Oscar season is looking more and more like one very well-dressed protest against President Donald Trump after a fiery SAG Awards where Hidden Figures triumphed. (Jan. 29) AP

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Two American basketball players are unable to rejoin their team in Iran due to the countrys response to Donald Trumps immigration ban, according to Chris Mannix of The Vertical. Time Sports

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For the second day in a row after President Trump signed an executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations, protesters gathered by the hundreds and flooded their local airports. USA TODAY NETWORK

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Donald Trump's executive order on ethics looks a lot like Obama's, which looks like Clinton's. Video provided by Newsy Newslook

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White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus confirms green card holders moving forward will not be affected. Time

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Hundreds of protesters in Boston chanted and held signs opposing President Trump's executive order banning all refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S.

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The former New York City mayor says he helped craft the president's executive order temporarily barring refugees and some foreign citizens. Video provided by Newsy Newslook

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A federal judge issued an emergency order Saturday night temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban. Time

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Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that temporarily bans refugees from entering the U.S. Video provided by Newsy Newslook

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Washington State Governor Jay Inslee used fiery words to describe his feelings on President Trump's executive order banning legal U.S. residents and visa-holders from Muslim-majority nations entering the U.S. USA TODAY NETWORK

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Protests have erupted for the second day after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order to temporarily bar refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. (Jan 29) AP

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Kelly Breen, of Novi, attended her first protest in January outside of the Troy congressional office of U.S. Rep. David Trott, R-Birmingham.(Photo: Kathleen Gray/Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo

As the election results began rolling in late onthe evening ofNov. 8 and it appeared that Republican Donald Trump was going to win the presidency, Kelly Breen could watch no longer.

It was looking worse and worse, so I grabbed a beer and my dog and took a walk to the park to think, said the 39-year-old Novi resident, attorney and supporter of Democrat Hillary Clinton. The next day, I came home from work and my husband said, 'Youre going to do something, arent you?'"

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It was her turn to get politically active, so her husband said he would pick up the slack with their two kids and Breen got to work, starting small and applying for a couple of vacancies on various Novi city commissions.

And late last month, she attended her first protest a rally to support the Affordable Care Act that attracted a couple of hundred people on a Monday lunch hour in front of the Troy congressional office of U.S. Rep. David Trott, R-Birmingham.

With peoples lives at stake, you have to think what is the issue is at hand. Right now, its the Affordable Care Act and that people in war-torn areas have a safe place to be, she said. Those are actual life-and-death matters.

Breen is just one of thousands of people in Michigan who are getting politically active in the wake of the election of Trump as the 45th president of the U.S.

From the millions of people around the world who attended the Womens March the day after Trump was inauguratedJan.21 to the 200 people who showed up at a Washtenaw County Democratic Party meeting on Super Bowl Sunday to the 600 people who crowded into a town hall meeting hosted by U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, last week, the early days of the Trump administration are beginning to look like the tea party movement that blossomed in 2009 in response to the presidency of Barack Obama.

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