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The No Kings rally in Downtown Chicago was just one of many planned for around the Chicago area and the country. With their city caught in the country’s largest immigration enforcement operation, as many as 250,
People gathered in Chicago and the suburbs Saturday for a "No Kings" protest amid ongoing federal immigration enforcement operations in the area.
Chicago’s Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ Protest Fills Downtown Streets With Huge Crowd: ‘We Need to Act Now’
The gatherings are part of a mass mobilization across the U.S. and globe positioned as a denouncement of President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies. In Chicago, they come amid sustained immigration raids.
Speaking at a "No Kings" rally in Washington, D.C., Bill Nye, the former host of "Bill Nye the Science Guy," urged lawmakers to “stop the abuses of this petulant president [Trump] and his circle of sycophants,” declaring, “No thrones, no crowns, no kings."
Organizers said the protest against the Trump administration is expected to draw tens of thousands downtown, while similar events are planned across the region and nationwide.
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About 250K 'No Kings' protesters march through downtown Chicago to denounce Trump, organizers say
Chicago was one of dozens of cities nationwide that held "No Kings" protests Saturday. A quarter of a million people marched through downtown, organizers said.
One hundred thousand people flooded Chicago's Grant Park on Saturday for the "No Kings" protest against President Trump — with many rallying against the Department of Homeland Security's aggressive immigration crackdown.
People turned out in large numbers across the Chicago area and the nation at "No Kings" events Saturday to oppose the Trump administration.
After a massive rally in Grant Park, people took to downtown streets to show opposition to efforts including the deportation campaign that's deployed federal agents and troops to the Chicago area.