Thousands of Yemeni-Americans and their supporters rallied on the steps of Brooklyn’s Borough Hall on Thursday evening to protest Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to travelers from Yemen and six other Muslim-majority nations.

Enormous crowd here at Brooklyn Borough Hall supporting #BodegaStrike #NoBanNoWall chanting "USA! USA!" Very high energy. pic.twitter.com/3y4yJM95VC — Mike Sandmel (@mikeysandmel) February 2, 2017

The #BodegaStrike rally keeps breaking into loud chants of "USA!" pic.twitter.com/OMo52i8sug — Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) February 2, 2017

My colleague Lauren Feeney was at the rally and streamed live video updates via Facebook.

Yemeni-Americans are gathering in Brooklyn today to protest Trump's executive order. Scenes from the #BodegaProtest: https://t.co/BOZFXKWO3y pic.twitter.com/tDYTo4NZxr — The Intercept (@theintercept) February 2, 2017

Images shared by other journalists at the rally, including Liam Stack of the New York Times and Joe Penney of Reuters, showed a sea of Yemeni and American flags.

There are *a lot* of Yemeni bodega owners (and their supporters) at the rally in Downtown Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/s6xUFOxym3 — Liam Stack (@liamstack) February 2, 2017

Massive yemeni community protest in front of brooklyn borough hall now pic.twitter.com/xsWsGa4VyN — joe penney (@joepenney) February 2, 2017

Bodega strike against #MuslimBan: a sea of US & Yemeni flags, someone says: "We must show Trump we're from this country—we will never leave" pic.twitter.com/NUMVDx80kU — Avi Asher-Schapiro (@AASchapiro) February 2, 2017

The rally took place during an eight-hour strike by hundreds of Yemeni-owned grocery stores, also known as bodegas, across New York City.

Over 1,000 bodegas are closed rn as Yemeni-Americans protest the immigration ban. Also, I ??NY https://t.co/vMMZwZVGAG — Adam Chandler (@AllMyChandler) February 2, 2017

Issa, a #BodegaStrike worker from Ibb #Yemen wants the ban reversed so friends and family can come to the US #MuslimBan pic.twitter.com/bFNx2QoQ6A — Ben Piven (@benpiven) February 2, 2017