Congressional Democrats protest Trump immigration order

Democratic leaders outside the Supreme Court Monday.
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Led by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Democrats gathered outside the Supreme Court on Monday night to denounce President Trump's executive order that at least temporarily bars travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.

Pelosi said "many of our Republican colleagues" agree with Democrats that "what the president did undermines our values and is not in support of the oath of office that we take, to support and defend the Constitution of the United States." The strength of the United States is "in our diversity," she added, and "the revitalization constantly of America comes from our immigrant population."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.