{"id":239075,"date":"2026-03-27T10:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239075\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:57:14","slug":"no-kings-marches-in-san-diego-expected-to-draw-over-80000-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239075\/","title":{"rendered":"No Kings marches in San Diego expected to draw over 80,000 protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"With<\/a>Native Americans hold puppets and march at the downtown \u201cNo Kings\u201d rally. (Photo by Adrian Childress\/Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n

Carlos Ch\u00e1vez has spent the past few weeks talking with relatives and friends, urging them to join the \u201cNo Kings\u201d march taking place this Saturday.<\/p>\n

Until last October, the 66\u2011year\u2011old had never taken part in a protest. \u201cI\u2019m marching because I\u2019m tired of my pension not being enough, because I don\u2019t want taxpayer money wasted on pointless wars, and because I don\u2019t like the way undocumented immigrants are treated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e1vez, who was born in Michoac\u00e1n and has been a U.S. citizen for 30 years, believes the country is headed in the wrong direction. \u201cI love and respect this country that opened its doors to me, and that\u2019s why I think it\u2019s important to take to the streets and demand that the United States return to being the generous, law\u2011abiding nation it has always been.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maribel Hern\u00e1ndez Rivera, national director of Immigrant Community Integration at the ACLU, expects more than 80,000 people to take part in the marches and activities planned throughout the county. <\/p>\n

This will be the fourth widespread day of action since President Donald Trump took office for his second term. San Diegans marched in April<\/a>, June<\/a> and October<\/a> last year, but smaller protests have become a common sight locally, with some now scheduled weekly and others prompted by specific events, such as the deaths of two people during ICE\u2019s operation in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

The marchers\u2019 concerns vary. They include defending democratic institutions, protecting civil liberties, supporting social programs, challenging immigration enforcement and addressing inflation and ongoing conflicts, including the war in Iran.<\/p>\n

The main gathering will be at Waterfront Park, where speakers will take the stage at 10 a.m., followed by a march along the waterfront. Labor leaders, Indigenous representatives, county officials and representatives from community organizations are set to speak.<\/p>\n

Beyond the central event, demonstrations will take place across the county\u2014from Ocean Beach, La Jolla, and Carmel Valley to Chula Vista, Escondido, San Marcos, Fallbrook and Valley Center. Many locations will offer family activities, children\u2019s workshops, art installations and food or clothing drives for people in need.<\/p>\n

In Escondido, for example, the day will feature a downtown march and a human chain called \u201cICE Out.\u201d In La Mesa, organizers will lead a community walk inspired by a local \u201cBill of Rights.\u201d And in Chula Vista and Otay Mesa, volunteers will collect donations for food banks and people experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n

Events will begin as early as 9 a.m. in Borrego Springs and continue through sunset in cities like Ramona and Oceanside, where additional drives for families at risk will be held.<\/p>\n

Community leaders and human\u2011rights advocates say they are marching against what they describe as a policy of \u201cchaos and fear\u201d implemented by the current administration. <\/p>\n

Pedro R\u00edos, director of the U.S.\u2013Mexico Border Program at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), has been one of the most outspoken of the San Diego critics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing is not a security policy but a campaign of intimidation. The new DHS regulations are designed to criminalize even documenting these actions. They want to keep the community from seeing the true face of repression,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople across society are saying enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protests across the country<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will undoubtedly be the largest day of protest in modern U.S. history,\u201d said Antonio Arellano, national spokesperson for Indivisible.org, one of the national organizations participating in the march. \u201cThere will be marches in virtually every state, as frustration over President Trump\u2019s excesses has pushed thousands of people into the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nationwide, organizers estimate that more than 9 million people could participate.<\/p>\n

Luis Alvarado, a political strategist who is a former Republican, says a growing number of party members are withdrawing their support over what they see as an abuse of power. \u201cRepublicans who believe in the rule of law, in family, and in the Constitution cannot support what we\u2019re witnessing,\u201d said Alvarado, who left the party during President Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Native Americans hold puppets and march at the downtown \u201cNo Kings\u201d rally. (Photo by Adrian Childress\/Times of San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[536,5196,2871,14,7152,11232,7361,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-239075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-donald-trump","tag-downtown-san-diego","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-no-kings-day","tag-no-kings-rally","tag-protests","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}