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“He violated my rights as an American citizen,” Gavidia said, his voice shaking with anger as he spoke over the phone from his business Friday.

“The floor started shaking, so I stopped praying and ran outside,” he said.

They milled in the room to music between sessions with partners, shaking off awkwardness by wriggling their arms, swinging their hips, jumping or full-on dancing.

“I used to start sweating and shaking every time I went,” Bonfiglio explains.

They pull giant boxing gloves over aging, sometimes shaking hands.