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DETROIT, MI - Hollywood actor Edward Norton has started a fundraiser for a Syrian refugee family featured on Humans of New York who caused a mild media stir last week when

President Barack Obama wished them luck as they head to Troy, Mich.

The unidentified family headed for Metro Detroit appears to be coming with at least $368,000 as of Sunday night, thanks to Norton's CrowdRise fundraiser, seen here.

Norton writes on the online fundraiser that he was "moved to tears" by the story of a Syrian scientist on HONY, a popular Facebook page founded by Brandon Stanton.

The HONY page has taken a break from documenting New Yorkers and instead photographed and told the stories of 12 Syrian families that have been cleared to resettle in the U.S.

The unidentified man in Norton's fundraiser said in the HONY series that he and his family left their home in Syria and have lived as refugees in Turkey for two years. The highly educated man and his family were only recently approved to immigrate to the United States.

"I learned today that I'm going to Troy, Michigan. I know nothing about it. I just hope that it's safe and that it's a place where they respect science. I just want to get back to work. I want to be a person again. I don't want the world to think I'm over. I'm still here," the man says in the series of photographs with text.

His hopes received more attention than usual when President Barack Obama's official Facebook page replied:



"As a husband and a father, I cannot even begin to imagine the loss you've endured. You and your family are an inspiration. I know that the great people of Michigan will embrace you with the compassion and support you deserve. Yes, you can still make a difference in the world, and we're proud that you'll pursue your dreams here. Welcome to your new home. You're part of what makes America great."

Now Norton, known for his roles in "Fight Club" and "Birdman," has also been moved by the man's story.

"If we don't welcome people like this into our communities and empower his dream of making an impact with his life, then we're not the country we tell ourselves we are," Norton writes. "Let's reject the 'anti-human' voices that tell us to fear refugees and show this man and his family what Americans are really made of. Let's show that a country built by the energy and dreams of immigrants still believes in brave people who come here with hope for better life."