The No Kings “Hands off Chicago” protest was one of roughly 2,500 similar demonstrations against the Trump administration planned across the country and globe, according to organizers.

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.

At least 11 protesters were arrested amid clashes with local police outside the Broadview, Ill., Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Friday morning.

Chicago organizers predict the “No Kings” protest on Saturday will be bigger than events in June, fueled by anger at Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Fifteen people were arrested as protesters gathered again Friday outside the ICE facility in Broadview, continuing a series of weekly demonstrations that have sometimes resulted in tear gas and rubber bullets.

Federal officials have become increasingly aggressive in their tactics, using tear gas near schools and storming an apartment complex by helicopter.

Thompson federal building in downtown Reno on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. A protester holds up a sign at Reno's No Kings rally on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. The sign is referencing an incident in March in which a journalist was added by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to a Signal group chat detailing plans for airstrikes against Houthi fighters in Yemen.

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."