Over 40 Anti-ICE Protests Planned For This Weekend

Activists have planned over 40 anti-ICE protests for Saturday across Arizona, a mass show of resistance many fear will devolve into rioting like in California last weekend.

The coordination took place under “No Kings”: a new coalition of hundreds of activist organizations “to reject [Trump’s] authoritarianism — and show the world what democracy really looks like.”

The coalition has over 2,000 protests planned nationwide. The protests are an attempt from those opposed to the ongoing immigration enforcement to overshadow the military parade honoring President Donald Trump’s birthday and Flag Day.

There are one or more protests planned for Anthem, Buckeye, Bullhead City, Casa Grande, Cottonwood, Douglas, Flagstaff, Gilbert, Glendale, Globe, Green Valley, Kingman, Maricopa, Mesa, Nogales, Oracle, Oro Valley, Page, Patagonia, Payson, Peoria, Phoenix, Prescott, Safford, Scottsdale, Sedona, Show Low, Sierra Vista, Sun City, Surprise, Queen Creek, Tempe, Tucson, Vail, Williams, and Yuma.

Worries persist over whether any of these protests will turn violent, like the altercation between police and anti-ICE protesters in Peoria earlier this week. One officer was harmed from the assault.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) said it would be ready to respond to rioting with arrests and criminal charges in a statement issued on Wednesday. DPS clarified that rioting included physical violence; throwing objects; property damage or vandalism; and blocking roads, highways, or interstates.

“The Arizona Department of Public Safety is committed to upholding the United States and Arizona Constitutions, including the First Amendment right to peacefully assemble and express views. We will always support and protect these fundamental freedoms. We will actively respond to criminal activities and stand ready to assist our law enforcement partners should any demonstration escalate into unlawful assembly or violence. Our priority is to ensure public safety while respecting the rights of all Arizonans.”

https://x.com/Arizona_DPS/status/1932997609431670883

Around 200 organizations created the No Kings movement: 50501, 198 Methods, 350 and 350 Action, 5 Calls, Accountable.Us, Activate America, American Federation of Teachers, Albuquerque Teachers Federation, The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, Amarillo Protest Coordinators, American Federation of Government Employees, ACLU, American Humanist Association, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, Americans for Financial Reform, Americans for Tax Fairness, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Bend the Arc Jewish Action, Don’t Frack Your Mother!, the Bernie Sanders campaign, Better Path Coalition, Black Voters Matter, Blue Anchor Project, Blue Wave America, BulletProof Pride, Care in Action, Catholics Vote Common Good, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Common Ground, Center for Science in the Public Interest, California Federation of Teachers, Chicago Women Take Action, Coalition on Human Needs, Color of Change, Climate Hawks Vote, Climate Psychology Alliance of North America, College Democrats of America, Climate Defenders, Common Cause, Common Defense, Common Power, Commonwealth Communications, Communications Workers of America, Community Change Action, Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, Conservation Colorado, Conservation Voters New Mexico, Cook County College Teachers Union, Corporate Accountability, Courage 2025, Court Accountability, Cross-Union Retirees Organizing Committee, Connecticut Citizen Action Group, Debt Collective, Declaration for American Democracy, Defending Rights & Dissent, DemCast, Dem List, Face the Music, Fair Share America, Faithful America, Families Over Billioniares, Federal Unionists Network, Federal Workers Against DOGE, Feminist Majority, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Field Team 6, Fix Democracy First, National Organization for Women Florida, Food & Water Watch, Force Multiplier, Free DC, Free Press Action, Free Speech for People, Freedom Writers Collaborative, Gain Power, Grassroots 4 GVP, GreenPeace, Hold the Line, Human Rights Campaign, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project, Indivisible, Interfaith Alliance, Jewish Voice for Peace, Kairos Center, Labor Campaign for Single Payer, Labor For Democracy, Labor Today International, League of Conservation Voters and its affiliates, Make Polluters Pay, May Day, Mennonite Action, Manhattan Young Democrats, Michigan Resistance Coalition, Move to Amend, Move On, MPower Action, MomsRising Together, Music Declares Emergency, National Action Network, National Nurses United, Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, New Haven Federation of Teachers, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, New Digital Now, Newton Action Alliance, NextGen America, One Fair Wage, Organization for Black Struggle, Organization of Staff Analysts, Our Revolution, Pasco Resists, Patriotic Millionaires, National Women’s Law Center, Network Nova, Peace Action, Peace Justice Sustainability Now, People for the American Way, People Power United, People’s Action Institute, People’s Parity Project, Physicians for a National Health Program, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Pride at Work, Planned Parenthood, PSC CUNY, Progress Kentucky, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Progressive Democrats of America, Moonshot Project, Public Citizen 50, Public Health Awakened, Reproductive Freedom for All, ResistBot, Resist Trump, Resource Generation, RevUp!, Rise and Resist, Roanoke Indivisible, Rogan’s List, Roots Action, SEIU, SURJ, Sierra Club, Social Security Works, Solidarity Pledge, Stand Up America, Stand Up for Science, Standing for Democracy, Stop the Money Pipeline, Strong Economy For All Coalition, Sunrise Movement, Target Majority, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Tax the Greedy Billionaires, APFA, The Beacon, The Festival Center, The Labor Force, The Seneca Project, the Workers Circle, New York Progressive Action Network, Th!rd Act, Transformative Justice Coalition, UICUF, Ultraviolet Action, Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Unitarian Universalist Association, United University Professions, Upper West Side Action Group, Vermont Conservation Voters, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Union Veterans Council, Veterans for Responsible Leadership, Voices of Reason, Volunteer Blue, Vote Save America, Voters of Tomorrow, Washington Conservation Action, Westside Democratic Headquarters, Win Without War, Wisconsin Conservation Voters, Working Families Power, and Women Forward.