Thousands Rally At Stonewall Inn To Protest Trump's Executive Orders
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A sea of demonstrators packed Christopher Street outside the Stonewall Inn Saturday to push back against President Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees and immigrants entry from seven Muslim-majority nations.
Organizers say it was a show of solidarity with Muslim, Latino, refugee, and immigrant communities at the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement.
Senate Minority Leader and New York lawmaker Chuck Schumer led the crowd in a series of "Dump Trump" chants.
PHOTOS: Protesters Stand In Solidarity Outside Stonewall Inn
On Friday, a federal judge in Washington State put a nationwide hold on the president's executive order denying entry to the U.S. to refugees and people from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The ruling set in motion another weekend of confusion and chaos around the country.
Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was among the long line of speakers to address the crowd of thousands.
"We are going to keep fighting those acts of discrimination, and any acts of discrimination, until we are permanently successful," she said.
"All of the executive orders that he has passed through so far, none of them affirm that we are one America," one protester told 1010 WINS' Darius Radzius.
The executive order was signed eight days ago and has been met with nationwide protests every day since. More protests are planned for this weekend, including near Trump's estate in Palm Beach, Florida, where he is spending the weekend.
Demonstrators also took to the streets of Washington, D.C. and London on Saturday, where some carried signs that read "fight ignorance, not immigrants."
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