Demonstrators gathered across the USA on Wednesday to protest actions taken by recently inaugurated US President Donald Trump.
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00:00Thousands of demonstrators gathered in cities across the U.S. to protest the Trump administration's
00:07early actions, decrying everything from the president's immigration crackdown to his rollback
00:13of transgender rights and a proposal to forcibly transfer Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
00:19Hundreds of protesters in Austin marched through blocks around the state capitol chanting and
00:24waving placards.
00:25At the end of the day, we're a country of immigrants.
00:30My family has been here for a while, but I come from immigrants, like a few generations
00:35ago, and everyone here are immigrants, and immigrants have built this country to what
00:40it is, and we can't turn our backs on the people that built this country and that are
00:45still contributing to this country.
00:48The protests were a result of a movement that is organized online under the hashtags Build
00:53the Resistance and 5051, which stands for 50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Day.
01:00Websites and accounts across social media issued calls for actions with messages such
01:04as Reject Fascism and Defend Our Democracy.