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After the stroke of Trump’s pen, a dramatic 34 hours

President Donald Trump signed an executive order limiting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations on Friday. Susan Walsh / AP

President Donald J. Trump paused as he removed the cap from his pen, an executive order severely limiting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations waiting on the desk before him.

It was Friday afternoon, and an oversize replica of the Medal of Honor hung on the Pentagon wall behind Trump.

“That’s big stuff,” the president said, and scrawled his jagged signature.

It was 4:43 p.m. The chaos that would erupt at airports all over country was still hours away.

But around Boston, a patchwork resistance effort was taking shape.

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