Some in Rhode Island are protesting President Trump’s executive orders.

Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline fired back at President Trump on Sunday saying, "We're just not going to allow this to happen. We're not going to change the founding principles of this country, and be a country where you can just discriminate based on religion."

Cicilline tells NBC 10 that some elements of Trump’s two latest executive orders on immigrants and refugees are illegal. He and other Democrats in Congress plan to fight back with legislation.

"Our system doesn't allow the President to act like a king, where he just articulates changes in policy through executive orders,” said Cicilline.

Under the executive orders, citizens from seven predominately Muslim countries are banned from entering the US for 90 days. The order also includes a ban on refugees from all nations for 120 days.

Protestors filled airports across the country, including Boston Logan where two U-Mass Dartmouth professors from Iran were detained for several hours before being released after a court order.

"We are a country that safely accepts refugees from around the world. That's one of the great strengths of our democracy. Throughout our history we've done that. We have some dark examples when we didn't do that,” said Cicilline.

The department of Homeland Security says President Trump’s orders will remain in full effect but DHS officials will comply with any court orders.