The Saturday demonstration is one of hundreds unfolding nationwide Saturday amid immigration crackdowns across the U.S.
SAN ANTONIO — Protesters have packed Travis Park in downtown San Antonio to speak out against the Trump administration’s policies, one of hundreds of similar events unfolding nationwide Saturday as part of the “No Kings” movement.
The protest comes on the heels of previous similar rallies last Sunday and Wednesday in the heart of the Alamo City, and after Gov. Greg Abbott deployed National Guard troops to San Antonio and other Texas cities in advance of the protests. They also come amid a recent immigration crackdown that has seen ICE agents taking people into custody outside downtown San Antonio courthouses, including women and children, according to relatives.
“No Kings” organizers have referred to the network of protests as “a nationwide day of defiance” intentionally scheduled to take place on Flag Day, as a “direct response to Donald Trump’s self-aggrandizing $100 million military parade and birthday celebration.”
The Bexar County Democrats and North East Bexar County Democrats are co-sponsors of the San Antonio event.
See live updates from the San Antonio protest below:
5:40 p.m.
The event has so far taken on a festive atmosphere, complete with honking horns and music.
5:10 p.m.
In Travis Park, many were seen carrying signs, some of them reading “Families belong together” and “Trump’s lies matter.” An early speaker in the event, scheduled to go from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., led the crowd in a chants of “We won’t retreat, take the military off our streets!”
This is a developing story.