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This Couple’s SAG Awards Garb Was a Protest of President Trump’s Immigration Orders

This Couple’s SAG Awards Garb Was a Protest of President Trump’s Immigration Orders

While everyone looked stunning on tonight’s SAG Awards red carpet, The Big Bang Theory actor Simon Helberg and his wife Jocelyn Towne seemed to be less concerned about the designers they were wearing and more concerned about the statement they were making.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 29: Actors Simon Helberg (L) and Jocelyn Towne attend The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. 26592_008 (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

On the heels of President Trump’s executive orders for a seven-nation immigration ban (which currently includes extreme vetting for even legal, green-card holders) and indefinite suspension of Syrian refugees, the couple followed the lead of others speaking out around the world (Kim K. and celeb co. included) by adding some very note-worthy accessories to their ensembles.

Simon, otherwise clad in a green velvet tuxedo, carried a sign that very clearly read “Refugees welcome,” while Jocelyn scrawled a simple message across her chest: “Let them in.”

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 29: Actors Simon Helberg (L) and Jocelyn Towne attend The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. 26592_008 (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

It was a bold and powerful move that would prove to be just the beginning of an evening which, so far, has remained largely politically charged.

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(Photo via Frazer Harrison/Getty)