""I had friends get shot," he tells Axios. "I have friends still in jail [following the protests].""
""This is a day of celebration. You don't know the fighting, the tears, the blood that it has taken to liberate us. Thank you to President Donald Trump.""
""It's a joy so big it can't fit in your chest," she says, adding that she'd like to visit her country now that Maduro has been ousted."
""I said so then, and the instability unfolding in Venezuela today makes it even clearer that the country remains unsafe for people to return," Higgins said. "No one should be forced back into chaos and uncertainty.""
Hundreds of Venezuelan exiles gathered in Doral, waving flags, honking and taking photos outside El Arepazo after the capture of Nicolás Maduro. Police closed roads as crowds celebrated and recalled past anti-government protests, with some attendees saying friends were shot or jailed during the unrest. Many expressed relief at demonstrating without fear of government violence and gratitude toward President Trump. Some immigrants voiced concern after the end of deportation protections and hope to remain in the U.S. Newly elected Miami mayor Eileen Higgins called on the president to reinstate Temporary Protected Status, citing ongoing instability in Venezuela.
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