Several thousand demonstrators marched past Trump Tower as the sun began to set in downtown Chicago on Saturday, protesting U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to flood the city with immigration agents.

The protest came after fears of increasing deportations chilled a normally raucous Mexican Independence Day celebration, as Trump signaled his intention to ramp up immigration enforcement on social media.

In a social media post depicting himself as a U.S. military officer from the movie "Apocalypse Now," Trump wrote, "I love the smell of deportations in the morning," above an image of the president in uniform juxtaposed against flames and Chicago's skyline.

For many protesters, the threats felt personal.

Tracy Quinonez, 50, said her father, who recently died, came to the U.S. from Gua

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