--- title: Barack Obama Supports Protests Against Immigration Ban description: Barack Obama commended Americans for the widespread protests in response to President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration order canonical: https://time.com/4653909/barack-obama-immigration-ban-protests/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-30T19:37:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:15:12.201Z article:section: Politics og:title: Barack Obama Says He Supports Protests Against Immigration Ban og:description: "American values are at stake" og:url: https://time.com/4653909/barack-obama-immigration-ban-protests/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt693ae68b08b98bba/6988b7e097cdffe4b36af4f6/barack-obama-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: President Obama Holds Year-End Press Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Barack Obama Says He Supports Protests Against Immigration Ban twitter:description: "American values are at stake" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt693ae68b08b98bba/6988b7e097cdffe4b36af4f6/barack-obama-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Barack Obama Praises Protests Against President Trump's Immigration Ban: 'American Values Are at Stake' > Sponsored content. 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Thousands of people gathered Sunday in Battery Park to protest President Trump's immigration ban_ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 30, 2017 7:37 PM UTC Thousands of people gathered Sunday in Battery Park to protest President Trump's immigration ban by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 30, 2017 7:37 PM UTC Former President [Barack Obama](http://time.com/money/4641558/barack-obama-job-earn-after-president-white-house/) released a statement on Monday commending Americans for the [widespread protests](http://time.com/4652654/jfk-detain-trump-immigration-order/) in response to President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration order. Obama, in his first public [statement](https://twitter.com/Anthony/status/826145582561492993) since leaving the White House, said he was “heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country.” “Citizens exercising their Constitutional right to assemble, organize and have their voices heard by the elected officials is exactly what we expect to see when American values are at stake,” he said. Thousands across the U.S. and the world [protested](http://time.com/4653063/donald-trump-muslim-ban-new-york-protests/) Trump’s ban on immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries as travelers were [detained in airports](http://time.com/4652918/donald-trump-immigration-ban-muslim-protests/). Trump has justified the ban by [comparing](https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/posts/10158567643610725) it to Obama’s 2011 policy on refugees from Iraq. Obama in the statement said he “fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion.” ## Transcript [00:00] Resist, resist, resist. Let's get with all the [ UNKNOWN ] [00:05] When your [00:12] rights are under attack. My friends. My fellow New [00:12] Yorkers. We've got an obligation, a duty to rise up, [00:15] stand up and fight back. [ APPLAUSE ] [00:20] [ CROSSTALK ] I [00:49] figure I had to come out and say something. Make my [00:50] presence felt. Make my voice, my voice heard. [00:50] [ INAUDIBLE ] And we don't care Shut it down! In [00:52] America, there are Americans that care about the [00:52] world and people of all color, race, and religion. And [00:53] no one's excluded from having basic human rights and [00:53] dignity. [ MUSIC ] Finally people are beginning to take [00:53] an active part in their government, and And value their [00:55] voices and really stand together to demand that the [00:57] President in Chief the person who should be enforcing [00:58] and abiding by the laws and regulations of this country [00:58] do so if the [01:00] same is demanded of us. 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