These Are the Groups Behind Those ‘Spontaneous’ Anti-Trump-Ban Protests
How little-known groups were behind the thousands taking to the streets after Donald Trump’s election win—and thousands more filling airports across the country over the weekend.
Asawin Suebsaeng
02.01.17 11:09 PM ET
On the dark and cloudy morning in Brooklyn after Donald Trump’s Election Night upset, 20 members of the nonprofit Make the Road New York gathered in the conference room of their office for an all-hands emergency meeting.
The Latino and working-class organizing group, which specializes in immigrant rights, had not fully prepared for its nightmare scenario of Trump winning the presidency. Few people in the room believed the Republican candidate had more than a slim chance of victory.
The mood was extremely emotional. Some were visibly distraught, some were furious, some even cried.
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