The political points made on and off the red carpet at the 2017 SAG Awards

‘The Big Bang Theory’ star Simon Helberg and his wife Jocelyn Towne chose to make a political display on the red carpet. Towne boldly had “let them in” written on her chest, while Helberg held up a sign stating “refugees welcome”. [Photo: Getty]

Kerry Washington wore a safety pin on her arm, she wrote on her Instagram, “I’ll be wearing one of these tonight. On my arm. To show solidarity. We will not stop fighting for our safety & the safety of our fellow citizens and human beings.” [Photo: Getty]

Ashton opened the show with a passionate speech, firstly welcoming all viewers, emphasising “everyone in airports that belong to my America… we welcome you”, which was met with a massive round of applause. [Photo: Getty]

The actress used her acceptance speech time after she won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series to speak about her immigrant father and stating, “This immigrant ban is a blemish and it is un-American”. [Photo: Getty]

Taylor Schilling accepted an award along with her ‘Orange Is The New Black’ co-stars. She said, “We stand up here representing a diverse group of people, representing generations of families who have sought a better life here.” [Photo: Getty]

John Lithgow made a point of showing his support of Meryl Streep’s powerful political speech a few weeks prior at the Golden Globes, saying that she spoke his “exact thoughts”. [Photo: Getty]

One of the most moving acceptance speeches of the night came from Mahershala Ali, who won an award for his performance in ‘Moonlight’. He gave a very personal speech emphasise the important of acceptance regardless of people’s background. [Photo: Getty]

Taraji P Henson took to the mic for her film ‘Hidden Figures’, which won Best Film Ensemble. Surrounded by her co-stars she gave an emotion speech saying, “This story is about what happens when we put our differences aside and we come together as a human race. We win. Love wins. Every time.” [Photo: Getty]

‘Stranger Things’ star David Harbour brought the house down with his stand-out speech, which received a standing ovation, plus some very bizarre facial expressions from Winona Ryder. [Photo: Getty]