NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American actor Kal Penn launched a fundraising campaign to aid Syrian refugees after being asked to leave the US by an online troll. The 39-year-old “House” star launched a Crowdrise.com appeal to help those left stranded by President Donald Trump’s weekend executive order to keep Muslim travelers from seven countries around the world out of America. “To the dude who said I don’t belong in America, I started a fundraising page for Syrian Refugees in your name,” Penn tweeted on Saturday, January 28.

“I just want to keep it short and let you know that so far, you have raised a total of $813,533 & counting for Syrian Refugees through International Rescue Committee (“in the name of the dude who said I don’t belong in America”, haha)! I’m so speechless. Thank you for continuing to share our stories on social media for folks who would like to contribute. More than 20,443 of us have joined together to donate. To borrow a phrase from a friend, this is obviously about so much more than any one of us. Thank you, and keep it up! Wonder how high we can get this number”, Penn wrote on the online fund raising website on February 2.

The funds raised would go to the International Rescue Committee.

Kalpen Suresh Modi, better known as Kal Penn, was born to Indian parents in New Jersey. He’s starred in several popular TV shows like House M.D., How I Met Your Mother and the Harold and Kumar movies. In 2013, President Obama appointed Penn to serve on the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.