Los Angeles Lakers forward Luol Deng says he wants to speak up and represent people who are affected by President Donald Trump's immigration travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries.
Trump's order banned travel from citizens of seven Muslim countries — Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan and Somalia from coming into the United States and sparked protests from citizens in major American cities.
"I know for a lot of refugees, they can't speak up or they can never be heard," Deng said after the Lakers game against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday,
"A lot of these people go through a lot of things that they have no control of.