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Widespread protests over Donald Trump's travel ban

Downing Street has rejected calls to axe the state visit planned for Donald Trump following widespread outrage over his travel ban on people from certain countries.

More than one million people have signed a petition stating Mr Trump should not be given a state visit.

The immigration curbs have sparked chaos across the US as travellers were detained at airports and thousands of protesters gathered to campaign against the policy.

Boris Johnson has claimed President Trump's immigration policy is "divisive... discriminatory and wrong", but dismissed claims the US is "hostile" towards foreigners.

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Lawyers fled to US airports overnight to help detainees

Lawyers in the US fled to airports overnight to help people being detained by the authorities over Trump's immigration executive order.

People took to Twitter to share photos and stories of people trying to help those in danger of being prevented from entering the US.

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The moment US Customs Officers were handed documents notifying them that a judge had temporarily suspended the President's visa ban was captured at New York's JFK International Airport and tweeted.

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