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Hundreds of people are expected to form a human chain outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa beginning at noon on Monday to show their solidarity with those thrown into the widespread confusion and chaos by U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban.

In anticipation of the protest, the U.S. State Department has warned American citizens in Ottawa, via Twitter, to “exercise caution.”

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“As we say w/ demonstrations: Even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational & escalate into violence,” it clarified in a subsequent tweet.

Officials on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border scrambled Sunday to clarify the language in the president’s executive order, which bans migrants and refugees who have nationality or dual nationality from Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Libya and Yemen from entering the United States for 90 days.

Opponents of the unprecedented policy say it goes against American values and unfairly targets people from Muslim-majority countries.