The actor Jodie Foster has told protesters it is “our time to resist” at a rally opposing Donald Trump’s proposed travel ban, two days before the Academy Awards.
After the rally it was reported that a 21-year-old Syrian cinematographer who worked on the Oscar-nominated film The White Helmets had been denied entry to the US.
The Oscar-nominated Iranian director Asghar Farhadi sent a video message to the rally after he decided to boycott the awards ceremony over the travel ban affecting seven Muslim-majority countries.
The agency said it was donating more than $320,000 (£258,000) to the American Civil Liberties Union and the IRC.