A candlelight vigil will be held on Thursday outside the US Consulate in south Belfast in protest at US President Donald Trump's controversial ban on nationals from seven countries entering the US
Similar rallies are being held across the US and in Ireland and Britain after Trump signed the executive order which has also halted the US refugee programme.
Jennie Carlsten, an American woman living in Belfast, is organising the protest and urged people to show their opposition to the so-called Muslim Ban. The seven countries whose nationals are banned from entering the US for 90 days have predominantly Muslim populations.
“The United States of America has been built largely by immigrants and refugees. Our Statue of Liberty proclaims that we will provide safe refuge to the tired, the poor and the huddled masses yearning to be free.
“Donald Trump’s anti-refugee and anti-immigrant policies are an affront to those American ideals and to human rights and dignity."
She asked people to bring torches and candles to the protest "to show that we want the United States to once again be a beacon of hope, rather than a symbol of inhumanity”.
Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International said the demonstrations "show the depth of outrage people feel at this racist, cruel and inhumane ban".
“No-one should be barred from entering a country based on their nationality or religion. No child refugee fleeing the war in Syria should be demonised as a security threat."
The rally is at 6pm at the US Consulate.
