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Protesters gathered outside of the U.S. embassy in Ottawa Monday to denounce the immigration and refugee ban announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

February 1, 2017

Justin Trudeau’s invitation on Twitter to “those fleeing persecution, terror & war” attracted global attention as a subtle response to President Donald Trump’s order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, but now Canadian opposition politicians ...

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