NEWTON -- Activists gathered on the Newton Green Saturday afternoon to rally against the Trump administration's ban against travel from certain mostly Muslim countries.

NEWTON -- Activists gathered on the Newton Green Saturday afternoon to rally against the Trump administration's ban against travel from certain mostly Muslim countries.

The event, dubbed "No Muslim Ban Ever," was organized by several groups, including the Green Party of Morris, Sussex and Warren counties; Refugee Assistance Morris Partners; New Jersey Peace Action; Skylands District of United Methodist Women; Sophia Inclusive Catholic Community; New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice; Church and Society Committee of Sparta United Methodist Church; Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center; Islamic Center of Morris County; and Third Wednesday Foundation.

The original travel ban affected visitors from six countries: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The ban lapsed Sept. 24 and was immediately replaced by a revised policy that took Sudan off the list and added Chad and North Korea, along with several officials from the government of Venezuela. It's scheduled to take effect Oct. 18.

Theresa Markila, chair of the Green Party of Morris, Sussex and Warren counties, said the purpose of the event was to spread awareness about what she called the ban on "Muslims and refugees that the (President Donald) Trump administration keeps trying to push through."

"We want to show our congresspeople that we have a lot of people who want them to stand up against these bans as they come up," she said. "We want (the bans) stopped, we don't want them to be happening anymore."

Aaron Hyndman, co-chair of the Green Party of New Jersey and a candidate for state Assembly, said the proposed bans from the federal government based on religion or country of origin are unlike anything most Americans' ancestors may have experienced when immigrating to the United States.

"So many people, who are good Americans who believe in immigration, say, ‘Why can't they do it the way my grandparents did?'" Hyndman said. "And, unfortunately, they can't, not because they are unable to but because the law itself has changed the way people emigrate in such a way that their grandparents wouldn't have been able to get into this country if they were held to the same stipulations."

Roughly a dozen people attended the event.