President Donald Trump’s major decisions on immigration this week have sparked both physical protests and social media firestorms.

In the week since taking office, Trump has signed executive orders calling for an expansion of the barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border and limiting the entry of Muslims and refugees into the U.S. He also threatened to punish so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions, which currently limit how much local law enforcement cooperates with federal deportation efforts.

Actress Allison Scagliotti was one of the first to use the hashtag, asking others for their stories in the process of sharing her own.

Scagliotti said that her family emigrated from Italy via Ellis Island. Others described the hardships their loved ones faced when coming to the U.S. ― and the success they had when they got here.

My Italian great grandparents came to the US via boat through Ellis Island. What's your family's immigration story? #wetooareamerica — Allison Scagliotti (@allisonscag) January 29, 2017

See some of the stories below:

@allisonscag My great-great grandmother came ALONE to the US in 1874; with all her possessions in a trunk, that now sits in my house. — Shandra (Jessica) (@shandravdeg) January 29, 2017

@allisonscag My dad came from Lebanon 🇱🇧 & worked 3 jobs to put himself through school. Now 55, back to school to finish out his Master's. — Rhonda! (@heytorch) January 29, 2017

My father escaped the Nazi occupation by coming to US by visa Grateful that the immigration policy saved his life - & mine #wetooareamerica — Holly Chisa (@HollyChisa) January 29, 2017

My mother married an American GI stationed in Germany 1955. His dying wish their son be raised in USA #wetooareamerica https://t.co/V7MqhGGNuc — Chris Fernandez (@cclosche) January 29, 2017

My Polish great grandparents came to Ellis Island via boat, and I was adopted into my parents loving arms from Guatamala. #wetooareamerica — Emily Claire (@e_claire26) January 29, 2017

@allisonscag Andrea "Henry" Canale & Rosa Cincimino, came here from Sicily in 1902. I'm one of their many US descendants. #wetooareamerica pic.twitter.com/dPHSuMEgwo — JasonScully-Clemmons (@JScullyClemmons) January 29, 2017

My father and his parents fled in the Istrian exodus in Italy after WW2 when Russia moved in, they had $50 and knew no one. #WeTooAreAmerica https://t.co/iVKMSNRFMb — Michael Uccetta (@TheMichaelU) January 29, 2017

My mother moved from Paris for grad school, my grandfather traveled from China through Angel Island for the American Dream. #WeTooAreAmerica https://t.co/xPzGQ8IHxQ — Olivia Truffaut-Wong (@iWatchiAm) January 29, 2017

Grandparents on my dad's side came here from Hungary. I wouldn't be here without them #WeTooAreAmerica — Spenc (@Spenceeeerrrr) January 29, 2017

@allisonscag Me and my family moved from Mexico when I was 6 to escape the escalating violence. — Javi Valles (@JavierValles24) January 29, 2017

You can find more stories, and share your own, on Twitter here.