Kal Penn raises $500,000 in response to immigration refugee ban

Amid the controversy of President Trump's immigration ban, Kal Penn started raising funds and was called out on Twitter by an 0nline troll, but he had a great response to the hate.

Entertainment Weekly noted that the Indian-American actor received a hateful tweet on Saturday, Jan. 28th that read, "you don't belong in this country you f**king joke."

The Designated Survivor star took a screenshot of this tweet and responded with "To the dude who said I don’t belong in America, I started a fundraising page for Syrian Refugees in your name.”

The donation page can be found at CrowdRise where as of Monday morning, donations have exceeded $500,000 for Syrian refugees. With a screenshot of the original hateful Twitter post on the front banner for all to see.

Penn, who has been infamously in disagreements with Trump, called the president's actions “mean-spirited” and “un-American” in a Twitter post after the immigration ban was first signed.

Donations raise will go towards the International Rescue Committee.

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