function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); The American Civil Liberties Union collected an astonishing $24 million in online donations over the weekend after the Constitution-protecting organization swooped into federal court to win a stay against Donald Trumps anti-immigrant executive order.Besides banking the money,the organization also scooped up another 150,000 members, CNNMoney reported.Ive never seen anything like this, organization executive director Anthony Romero told Yahoo News. People are fired up and want to be engaged. What weve seen is an unprecedented public reaction to the challenges of the Trump administration.Money was contributed by 356,000 donors over 48 hours, the ACLU told CNNMoney. The flood of cash broke all records. The non-profit group usually raises about $4 million a year from online donations, Romero told USA Today.Update: the @ACLU just ran the numbers again. Spokesman says the group received 356,306 online donations totaling $24,164,691 this weekend. Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 30, 2017 Trumps executive order blocking travelers from seven predominantly-Muslim nations went into effect instantly Friday night. Several travelers from the targeted countries were suddenly trapped at airports, even if they were holding U.S. government-issued visas or green cards. As protests erupted at airports across the nation Saturday, the ACLU challenged Trumps order in Brooklyn federal court, where judge Anne Donnelly issued a temporary stay against part of the edict. She ordered the Trump administration to stop deporting refugees and visitors whom immigration authorities had previously cleared to enter the country. Judges in other cities made similar rulingsthough the Trump administration is apparently continuing to defy the courts.Victory!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/uyza3zrQSX ACLU National (@ACLU) January 29, 2017 Donations jumped in part with the help of celebrities who vowed to match donors from others to the tune of several thousand dollars. The singer Sia offered tomatch up to $100,000 in donations,and Rosie ODonnell repeated that pledge. The founders of ride-share company Lyft also promised to donate $1 million to the ACLU over the next four years.and i will match your 100K donation sia - #resist https://t.co/xkjVGeMWuR ROSIE (@Rosie) January 29, 2017 The ACLU vowed the day after the election to be eternally vigilant during Trumps presidency. Its membership has doubled to one million people since Nov. 8."We will be vigilant every day of your tenure as President." The @ACLU on 11/11. pic.twitter.com/EbFGlsgUp7 Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) January 30, 2017 type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related Coverage + articlesList=588e26cae4b0b065cbbca5d6,588ea5bfe4b0176377953710 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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