One of the thousands in attendance was Ronaldo Michelena, 54, who came to the United States as a refugee from Venezuela and became a citizen in 2011.

He said he was fired from his job in 2003 for being among those that opposed Hugo Chavez’s policies – and “here we are again.”

“We cannot see this happening around us and don’t do anything,” said Michelena, who was holding a sign depicting the cover of the German magazine Der Spiegel that has a cartoon of Trump beheading the Statue of Liberty. “This is something that cannot stand.”