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WASHINGTON ― Dozens of students gathered in front of the White House on Monday to demand changes to gun laws, just days after a mass shooting at a Florida high school left 17 people dead.

The demonstration was organized by Teens For Gun Reform, an organization created by students in the Washington, D.C., area in the wake of Wednesday's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Protesters participated in what they said would be a three-minute lie-in, which began around 12:30 p.m. on Presidents Day. They lay down in front of the White House "in representation of the victims of school shootings," according to a post on the group's Facebook page.

"By doing this, we will make a statement on the atrocities which have been committed due to the lack of gun control, and send a powerful message to our government that they must take action now," the group wrote on Facebook.

Following the lie-in, protesters continued to hold signs in support of stricter guns laws and shouted phrases including "Shame on you" and "Disarm hate" toward the White House. The group also chanted "No more deaths," "Am I next?" and "Hey, hey, NRA, how many kids have you killed today?"

Last week's massacre at the South Florida high school, in which a 19-year-old former student opened fire using an assault-style rifle, sparked protests and calls to action from students nationwide.

A group of students who survived the Parkland shooting have been outspoken in their criticism of Trump and lawmakers who receive financial contributions from gun lobbying groups such as the National Rifle Association.

On Sunday, the students announced plans for a march on Washington to demand congressional action on gun violence. The event, dubbed " March For Our Lives," is scheduled for March 24.

Whitney Bowen and Eleanor Nuechterlein, both 16-year-old high school students from the D.C. area, started Teens For Gun Reform just two days after the Parkland shooting.

We might be 16 now and we might not be able to vote, but we can protest and we can use social media and we will make our voices heard. Whitney Bowen, co-founder of Teens For Gun Reform

"You never wake up thinking it's going to be your school or it's going to be your friends or family," Bowen told HuffPost. "The Parkland kids didn't either. ... They woke up and went to school for the last time because there's not enough gun control."

Monday's protest at the White House was planned on Presidents Day for symbolic reasons, Nuechterlein said. It's not enough for President Donald Trump and other politicians to say "sorry" after school shootings, she said, they also need to start taking real legislative action to prevent them from happening.

Both Bowen and Nuechterlein said they plan to attend next month's march on Washington.

"We might be 16 now and we might not be able to vote, but we can protest and we can use social media and we will make our voices heard," Bowen said. "At the end of the day, it doesn't come down to politics. It comes down to kids dying in classrooms."

Elodie Camus, a 15-year-old student at the British International School of Washington, D.C., participated in the White House protest Monday with her mother.

U.S. gun laws "have put so many people in danger over the years in this country and there needs to be reform," Camus told HuffPost, adding that she no longer feels "safe at all" at school.

"Something needs to be changed so not as many people are harmed," she said.

Elodie Camus, protesting with her friend, doesn't feel as safe in school anymore pic.twitter.com/T5R7r3u9mv
- Doha Madani (@DohaMadani) February 19, 2018

Felicia Garber, whose two daughters survived the Parkland shooting, was in D.C. with her family when she heard about Monday's protest and decided to attend the demonstration.

"We felt it was important to be present and thank the people who felt it was worth coming out here on this cold, dreary, rainy holiday to help let whoever is in this beautiful White House know that we will not take this any longer," Garber told HuffPost.

"These legislators need to step up for our children and not just for these lobbyists," she continued. "[Parkland] kids are smart, educated, savvy ... and they are outraged. These are young adults who are ready and unforgiving, and I can only hope this is the beginning of the change they can create for our country."

Several other student-led protests against gun violence erupted across Florida on Monday. Students staged a walk out at Olympic Heights Community High School in West Boca Raton, while parents joined their kids in front of American Heritage School in Plantation just 30 miles to the south.

Another student-led protest in response to the Stoneman Douglas High massacre. This one is happening now outside American Heritage School. The kids, joined by some parents, are demanding more gun control. @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/jlsCrrzkZF
- Ari Odzer (@ariodzernbc6) February 19, 2018

Student protest in front of Hollywood, FL City Hall: "What Do We Want? Gun Control!" #ParklandShooting pic.twitter.com/eHmuoDN9HB
- Audra Burch (@abscribe) February 19, 2018

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Protests erupted for a third straight week across the United States and beyond, targeting policies of U.S. President Donald Trump and criticizing his presidential demeanor.

Late Friday, a U.S. federal judge temporarily blocked the president's executive order, signed January 27, that banned travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.

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However, that didn't stop demonstrators from gathering around the globe.

In London, several thousand people gathered Saturday outside the U.S. embassy, holding signs and chanting anti-Trump slogans. The protest was organized by several anti-racism and Muslim advocacy groups who condemned the U.S. travel ban as well as Prime Minister Theresa May's government for taking so long to criticize it.

Later in the day, protesters marched from the embassy in Grosvenor Square to Downing Street.

A week ago, hundreds of people had gathered in downtown Toronto to protest the travel ban imposed by the new U.S. president. On Saturday, thousands gathered outside the U.S. consulate in the city and marched against Islamophobia as well as the U.S. leader.

Similar protests in Paris and Berlin drew smaller crowds of about 1,000 protesters each.

In Australia, about 1,000 people rallied in the eastern city of Sydney to protest the executive order and call on Australian leaders to close the country's offshore refugee processing centers.

A small group of about 30 activists gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Indonesia to protest the travel ban as well.
March: Protesters in London Rally Against Trump, Travel Ban Poll: Nearly half of American support ban
Polls suggest nearly half of Americans support the ban, with opinion sharply divided along party lines.

The latest poll, released Friday by CBS News, found that 45 percent of U.S. citizens approve of the travel ban, compared to 51 percent who disapprove. A Reuters/Ipsos poll earlier in the week showed 49 percent agreed with the measure, compared with 41 percent who disagreed.

Rafael Diaz-Yoserev, 69, who came to the United States from Cuba at age 13, may have voted for Trump, but admits he often finds the president's demeanor offensive.

"I still don't like him," says Diaz-Yoserev, who works as a surgeon in Miami, Florida. "But I'm in agreement with everything he's done so far."

The White House says the order is aimed at protecting the U.S. from foreigners who wish to do it harm. But opponents say it actually makes the country less safe because it is an unconstitutional and discriminatory policy that represents a first step toward fulfilling Trump's campaign pledge to ban Muslim immigration.

Diaz-Yoserev doesn't see it that way.

"I have nothing against immigration. I'm an immigrant myself," he says. "But if some foreigners are inconvenienced for the protection of the people of the United States, then it's obviously an acceptable trade-off."

Those opposing the ban, which affects travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations, however, gathered by the thousands at rallies across the U.S.
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Saturday evening, more than 2,000 protesters marched from Trump Plaza in West Palm Beach, Florida, to near Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, where the International Red Cross was hosting a fundraiser that included President Trump.

In Miami, hundreds of people had gathered at Bayfront Park for an afternoon rally that shut down several streets. The demonstrators were protesting several of Trump's emerging policies, including rights of the lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and questioning (LGTBQ) community.

Thousands of people also rallied for LGBTQ rights in front of the Stonewall Inn, a U.S. National Monument and gay rights landmark in New York.

Earlier in the week, Trump had released a statement pledging to support the rights of LGBTQ people in the federal workplace after speculation started to grow that he may do away with the 2014 executive order. Some activist groups have expressed concern that Trump would do away with the order or institute some other policies that would have affected the gay community.

A few hundred protesters gathered in the snow in Philadelphia Saturday outside a building where Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech to the city's chapter of the Federalist Society, a conservative lawyers group. The demonstrators held signs that said, "No Ban No Wall."

About 600 protesters rallied at a park near House Speaker Paul Ryan's home in Janesville, Wisconsin, according to the Janesville Gazette. Demonstrations were also held in other U.S. cities, including Denver.

In Los Angeles, dozens of supporters and opponents of the president squared off at the Los Angeles International Airport.

Wes Parker, 62, from Long Beach, California, told the Reuters news agency he supported the tighter measures.

"We just have to support the travel pause," said Parker, holding a sign that said "Trump is love." "If you were a new president coming in, wouldn't you want what you feel safe with?"

Jennifer Morita Kerr, wore a sign that said "Japanese Americans against the ban. Immigrants welcome," the Los Angeles Times reported. Kerr, of Hacienda Heights, California, told the Times, "I'm here because this happened to my family. My father, my grandparents and my great grandparents were all put in internment camps. They lost everything."

Late Saturday, the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal in a step toward asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift the judge's ruling.
VOA's William Gallo contributed to this article.

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Protests erupted for a third straight week across the United States and beyond, targeting policies of U.S. President Donald Trump and criticizing his presidential demeanor. Late Friday, a U.S. federal judge temporarily blocked the president's executive order, signed January 27, that banned travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.

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