Registering with the site, Lacy from Oregon wrote: “With Trump's election, and so much hatred aimed towards refugees, I find that I cannot bear it in my conscience to stand idly by.

“The quote on the Statue of Liberty (“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”) brings tears to my eyes because our country has changed so much, and not for the better. I want to LIVE the change that I want to see in the world, and if offering my couch for a refugee helps, then I feel that I must do so.”

Karen, a retired secretary from Iowa, said she and her husband, a hardware store manager, were desperate to help. “I’ve been watching TV coverage of the shameful way President Trump is treating refugees," she wrote. "It just occurred to us that many must need a helping hand to get on their feet in a new land."

Maura from Chicago, Illinois, entered only one word when asked on the form why she was offering up her home: “Trump”.

Robina Qureshi, the charity’s director, told BuzzFeed News: “Every time Trump opens his mouth this is what happens. People are so angry and they tell us why.

“You have to remember that this is a detailed registration process, it’s not a petition or something like that. People have to upload pictures of their homes and give confidential and personal information about themselves so that they can be matched with refugees.”