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african-american church: Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, told a standing-room-only crowd at historic African-American church in downtown Washington during one of dozens of rallies around the nation, according to Brandon Sun. In Chicago, more than 1,000 people poured into a teachers' union hall to support immigrant rights and implore one another to fight for those rights against what they fear will be a hostile Trump administration. We are not going to allow Donald Trump to bury the Statue of Liberty, Sen. Ron Taylor, pastor of a Chicago-area Disciples for Christ Church and executive director of the United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations, told the audience there, Regardless of what happens in the coming days we know that good will conquer evil and we want to say to each and every one of you, you are not alone. Some carried signs saying Here to Stay and chanted Si se puede, Spanish for Yes, we can. In Los Angeles, several hundred people rallied at a downtown Mexican-American cultural centre and plaza. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.