“I’m here because of the incredible amount of cruelty that’s going on in the world,” said one rally attendee
Record-breaking “No Kings” events across every single U.S. state and territory this past weekend continued to voice fierce opposition to the Trump administration’s attacks on constitutional freedoms, paychecking-busting policies, and rampant abuses of power, from unjustified war to skyrocketing gas prices to the mass deportation agenda currently ensnaring U.S. citizens and immigrant neighbors alike.
No ICE.No war.No Kings. #nokings
— Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) 2026-03-28T21:20:15.590Z
Organizers said that Saturday’s protests – the third iteration of “No Kings” actions so far – attracted more than eight million participants across more than 3,300 events, breaking October’s record of the latest single day political protest in modern American history. For Vermonter Hannah Abrams, her attendance was a matter of affirming the humanity of her neighbors. “I’m here because of the incredible amount of cruelty that’s going on in the world,” she told NPR.
“It’s just cruel conditions for people who are taken by ICE, it’s the cruel way that they’re taken,” she said. “It’s the cruelty of our economy and how we are paying more, even though we’re told that the economy has improved. We’re cruel towards other countries, taking their leaders and deciding those leaders’ fates. I think the people who are in our military are being asked to sacrifice their lives not for freedom, but for money-hungry rulers, and that is cruel.”
See a sampling of these events below.
ALASKA
Americans rallied in roughly two dozen cities across Alaska, including Utqiaġvik, which holds the distinction of being the northernmost cities in the entire U.S. In Juneau, the state’s capital, organizers and attendees called out kitchen table issues plaguing working Americans, including rising food costs, cuts to critical federal programs like Medicare in order to fund tax cuts for billionaires, and ugly mass deportation policies oftentimes based on complete fabrications of its authority.
“ICE’s efforts are a direct attack on workers’ fundamental freedoms to work with dignity, to raise our families without the threat of violence from our government and safely return home to our loved ones at the end of a working day,” Heidi Drygas, executive director of the Alaska State Employees Association AFSCME Local 52, told Alaska Beacon.
#NoKings from the arctic in Utqiaġvik, Alaska the northernmost city in the entire USA!
— NoLaceyNo! (@nolaceyno.bsky.social) 2026-03-29T00:48:26.960Z
CALIFORNIA
In Fresno, demonstrators said they were “protesting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown for violent tactics, racial profiling and killings of protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota in January,” The Fresno Bee reported.
“I think it’s important to have a presence and to make people aware of all the things that are going on in our country and all the injustices, especially with ICE, and the impact that it’s having not only on our nation, but our local community and on our children in particular,” attorney Crystal Cabrera told the outlet. Many of the roughly 6,000 community members lined the streets near a Home Depot store. The chain’s locations have been the site of immigration arrests in numerous states:
Great day at the protests. We had two here in Fresno. I was at River Park where there were easily 3K people and my niece was at Fashion Fair where there were easily another 2K. The drivers-by were SUPER SUPPORTIVE and excited.This feels like a turning point!#NoKings
— mike dalena – That’s Mushroom Mousse. (@zeustheman.bsky.social) 2025-06-14T20:19:31.560Z
In San Francisco, one rally attendee was Sandra Wong, the great-granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, a Chinese American cook whose Supreme Court fight more than 125 years ago affirmed that constitutional principle everyone born in America is an American citizen. Norman Wong, Mr. Ark’s great-grandson, told Reuters that his ancestor “knew he was an American. And he demanded that his citizenship be recognized. He was willing to stand up. Wong Kim Ark didn’t make the rule. He affirmed the rule.”
Sandra Wong, the great granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, is preparing to march at the #NoKings Rally in San Francisco. Today is the 128th Anniversary of the SCOTUS decision affirming birthright citizenship.
San Francisco shows out with a message to Trump:"NO ICENO WARSNO LIESNO KINGS"
— Headquarters (@headquartersnews.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T22:21:34.085Z
FLORIDA
FLORIDA… the Villages shows up again… #NoKings
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T16:27:20.339Z
GEORGIA
Atlanta is showing up to say no ICE, no war, No Kings. #NoKings
— Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) 2026-03-28T16:03:50.050Z
ILLINOIS
In Oak Park, a community member who wished to be identified only as Naomi “said her life’s work had been directly impacted by the president taking office,” Wednesday Journal reported. “A counselor for a domestic violence support organization, she said she’d seen federal funding cuts and fear of deportation make it more difficult for her group to serve people impacted by domestic violence in the area.”
Last summer, the relatives of a woman who was murdered by her abusive partner said that she had been afraid to seek help due to fear that she could be deported, The Marshall Project reported in November. “She was not alone,” the report continued. “At least two other women killed by their intimate partners this summer reportedly did not seek police help because they also feared deportation.” One investigation from the AP in February also found that ICE agents themselves have been accused of physical and sexual abuses.
ICE and CBP’s abuses were top of mind for community members who marched through Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to further condemn the shooting killings of Silverio Villegas González, Good, and Pretti, as well as to continue to call out the federal government’s wasteful stunt deploying ICE agents to airports instead of just agreeing to pay TSA workers:
Protestors have begun to march through the terminal, not approaching any security gate, chanting "ICE out of O'Hare, ICE out of everywhere!" and "ICE out now!"
— Dave Byrnes (@djbyrnes1.bsky.social) 2026-03-27T23:43:29.890Z
MAINE
More signs from small-town Maine. #NoKings
— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T19:21:40.742Z
MARYLAND
In Maryland, we said no to kings in 1776 and we say no to kings now! Thanks to everyone who turns out today – great to join in Baltimore, Pikesville, Frederick and Hagerstown! Onwards! #NoKings
— Brooke Lierman (@brookelierman.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T20:00:01.057Z
MINNESOTA
We are estimating more than 200,000 people at the flagship No Kings rally in the Twin Cities. #NoKings
— Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) 2026-03-28T19:37:04.158Z
Bruce Springsteen. #NoKings
— Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) 2026-03-28T20:10:10.186Z
Jane Fonda: Becca Goode, the wife of Renee Goode, has asked me to read a statement, which I am honored to do.
— Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) 2026-03-28T21:07:12.848Z
MISSOURI
14-year-old Leo was among roughly 1,400 community members that gathered in Columbia, the Missouri Independent reported. His mom, Katie, noted how children have not been immune from the chaos of the administration. One recent from ProPublica has found that mass deportation agents have detained the parents of more than 11,000 U.S. citizen children.
During one Congressional shadow hearing last week, 16-year-old American teen Arnoldo Bazan testified how mass deportation agents brutally detained him while in pursuit of his father. “As he sat in the back of their car, Arnoldo says the agents used racial slurs, calling Arnulfo a ‘border hopper,’ ‘beaner,’ ‘dumbass’ and ‘criminal,’” MS Now reported. “At one point, he recalls an agent calling him a ‘son of an alien.’”
“I believe we should stop misusing ICE to deport innocent civilians,” Leo told the Missouri Independent from Columbia’s rally.
No Kings in Kansas City, Missouri. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T21:57:21.991Z
NEW JERSEY
Love this Liam Ramos hat.
— Julie Cohen ❌👑 (@filmmakerjulie.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T20:35:59.023Z
📢 When immigrant communities are under attack, what do we do?🗣️ STAND UP. FIGHT BACK. #NoKings📍 Newark, New Jersey
— Ruth Delgado (@heylookitsruth.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T20:15:11.086Z
Newark says 🗣️ #NoKingsToday we take collective action for ALL our communities, including our immigrant neighbors! ✊🏽🎨: @americasvoice.bsky.social
— Ruth Delgado (@heylookitsruth.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T16:40:30.550Z
NEW YORK
In New York, community members flooded the streets of all five of New York City’s boroughs. One community member, Shawn Haugen, said she was participating for those who didn’t have the ability to speak without fear. “She was carrying a sign from an undocumented student in the Bronx,” NBC New York reported.
These fears are very real. Just days ago, the first public school student in the city to have been abducted by the administration was released after nearly a year in detention. Dylan Contreras, a student at the English Language Learners and International Support Preparatory Academy (ELLIS) in the Bronx, was detained at a routine immigration court appointment last May despite the fact that he was following the rules, staying out of trouble, and had entered the country legally. He was subsequently sent to the abusive Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania.
Following his release from ICE detention, Contreras used his microphone to urge supporters to advocate for the freedom of men he met while in detention as well. “I still have so many friends inside,” he said. “We have to continue fighting for them.” Dylan’s message of unity resonated on Saturday.
“You feel so alone sometimes,” Haugen continued to NBC New York. “These marches are all about solidarity.”
Holy New York.
— 50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 (@50501movement.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T19:11:27.183Z
OHIO
An estimated 27,000 protested President Donald Trump in Columbus on Saturday. An estimated 23,000 turned out earlier in Central Ohio. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/30/r…
— Ohio Capital Journal (@ohiocapitaljournal.com) 2026-03-30T13:02:14.786Z
OKLAHOMA
There’s something powerful about standing in a crowd of people who just get it.Today wasn’t just a protest. It was a reminder that none of us are doing this alone.Thank you for showing up for No Kings and for each other.Let’s capture it and keep it moving.#NoKings#Oklahoma
— Indivisible Edmond ❌👑 (@indivedmond.bsky.social) 2026-03-29T19:19:29.301Z
OREGON
Portland, Oregon #NoKingsThis isn’t the march. This is people arriving for the march.
— Indivisible Oregon ❌👑 (@indivisible-oregon.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T19:29:07.023Z
TENNESSEE
'No Kings' anti-Trump protesters rally in Nashville, Tennessee
— Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T17:30:24.039Z
UTAH
Tribune photojournalist Francisco Kjolseth captured this time lapse footage of the No Kings protest march and rally at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Read the story here: www.sltrib.com/news/2026/03…
— The Salt Lake Tribune (@sltrib.com) 2026-03-28T23:43:38.686Z
WASHINGTON, D.C.
If President Trump thought he could shut us up with his attacks on free speech, he should think again.Our democracy belongs to all of us.
GLOBAL
Demonstrators also took to the streets overseas, with protests taking place in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, Australia, and possibly even in Antarctica. If confirmed, it means rallies were held in all seven continents, in an unprecedented rebuke of disastrous U.S. policies.
Scenes from today’s “No Kings” anti-Trump rally in Sydney, Australia
— Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T10:53:39.684Z
The GOP obsession with mass deportation and refusal to break with Trump and de-facto Stephen Miller is especially jarring in contrast to the record attendance and tremendous energy on display throughout the country at No Kings rallies this weekend, reacted Joanna Kuebler, Chief of Programs at America’s Voice.
“Along with demanding the Trump administration and his Congressional supporters reduce inflation, cap high prices and stop foreign wars, the mainstream American consensus also wants to stop the violent, unmasked and out of control federal mass deportation machine and chart an alternative vision to fixing our broken immigration system,” she said. “This means not another dollar for ICE or CBP unless and until real change and accountability are delivered.”
“You would think by now that Trump, Miller, and Speaker Johnson would be ready to listen to the will of the people,” Kuebler continued. “Instead, they will try to message their way out of a moral, economic and political problem of their own making.”
