To the dude who said I don't belong in America, I started a fundraising page for Syrian Refugees in your name. "To the dude who said I don't belong in America, I started a fundraising page for Syrian Refugees in your name," Penn tweeted on Saturday.The funds raised would go to the International Rescue Committee. "We are better than the hateful people who tell us we don't belong in our own country, that America can't be a beacon of freedom and hope for refugees from around the world. We will turn their bigotry, along with the President's, into love," the home page of the fund raising campaign reads.Kalpen Suresh Modi, better known as Kal Penn, was born to Indian parents in New Jersey. "Penn was referring to US President Donald Trump 's executive order that halted a US refugee program for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and imposed entry restrictions on people from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days.

Source: Times of India January 31, 2017 12:51 UTC