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February 22, 2017

Activists Unfurl "Refugees Welcome" Banner on Statue of Liberty
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The Trump administration's crackdown against immigration and immigrants
currently living in the United States has sparked widespread protest.
Only hours after the Department of Homeland Security unveiled its
deportation plans, activists unfurled a 3-foot-by-20-foot banner at the
base of the Statue of Liberty reading "Refugees Welcome."


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