Like many other people across the nation this weekend, a group of Volusia residents took their frustration to the streets Sunday to protest President's Donald Trump's executive order-issued travel ban.

  • Protest outside Volusia Mall drew dozens
  • Protesters showed support for refugees, immigrants
  • Protesters stood along International Speedway Boulevard holding signs

Dozens showed up outside the Volusia Mall Sunday to fight against Trump's executive order. They specifically chose to stand on the side of International Speedway Boulevard with signs, unified together underneath the international airport sign.

"This will not stop today" said one protester. "We have more people like myself that will fight and be a voice for those that don't."

Protesters said they aren't holding back when it comes to Trump’s most recent executive order, which bans travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations from coming into the United States.

"It's just not right," said protester Cindy Lund, who held a sign that read, "my mother was a refugee." "It's not right, somebody has to stand up."

Lund told us her family once lived in a German refugee camp, but  a U.S. Lutheran Church offered support and took them in.

"It was a family ripped apart by war," said Lund. "It's just really important to me that my mother ... was given a chance, and it just kills me that there are children and families out there that are suffering and begging for help and we're turning our backs on them."

In response to the nationwide outcry, President Trump on Sunday tweeted "our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting--NOW."


Trump administration officials said the ban is needed because refugee and immigration programs are being abused.

But protesters believe that isn't the case.

"It changed their life they were able to move here and lived happy lives," said Lund. "My mom was lucky enough to live in a country that was welcoming and gave her a chance, and that's not the America thats we have right now."

The ban is for 90 days, but Lund, who is fighting for the immigrants In her family, hopes rallies like these will put a stop to it before it goes that long.

"People will realize these aren't dangerous people who are wanting to come here and cause harm," said Lund. "They need help. They need somebody that will come in and provide some protection for them and make them safe."