Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai spoke out against President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE’s proposed border wall with Mexico in a new interview, saying it "does not reflect the values of America."

“This does not reflect America,” the Nobel Peace Prize-winner said during a "CBS This Morning" appearance to promote her new book. “This does not reflect the values of America.”

“I hope that the president and also other political leaders in the U.S., they must reflect what American people believe, which is welcoming and which is supporting refugees,” she added.

.@Malala on the border wall: "This does not reflect America. This does not reflect the values of America. I hope that the president and also other political leaders in the US, they reflect what American people believe which is welcoming and which is supporting refugees." Via CBS pic.twitter.com/vHWAUfKxY2 — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2019

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Yousafzai, 21, won the Nobel for her global efforts to support girls’ education, shortly after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban on her way to school.

She is out with a new book about the lives of refugees, which she says she hopes Trump and other political leaders will read. Yousafzai also urged politicians to meet with refugees and “hear their stories.”

Trump is scheduled to visit the border with Mexico later this week, an announcement that comes as the government shutdown over his funding demands for the wall enters its third week.

The federal government entered a partial shutdown late last month after lawmakers hit an impasse on funding for the wall, one of Trump’s most controversial campaign promises.

Trump has threatened to declare a national emergency to get funding for the wall. Democrats have stood by their vow not to provide funding for it, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPowell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE (D-Calif.) said that she plans to move ahead with individual spending bills to reopen government agencies this week.