Thousands peacefully gathered Saturday to protest the Trump administration as part of a nationwide 'No Kings' protest in nearly 2,000 locations.

Tens of thousands of Portlanders marched across the Willamette River this afternoon in a show of numbers aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and mocking his birthday celebration.

The largest is expected to take place in Portland, where at least five separate demonstrations are planned in and outside of downtown. Two downtown events will happen on Naito Parkway. One will gather at the Salmon Street Springs and another will form at the Battleship Oregon Memorial in Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

A nationwide protest is planned on President Donald Trump's birthday to counter a large military parade taking place the same day in Washington, D.C.

Organizers call the mass protests nationwide a "day of defiance" in opposition to Trump administration policies.

“The most threatening sound to an oligarch is laughter.”

With protests over immigration enforcement raids, as well as planned demonstrations against President Trump over the weekend happening locally and nationwide, Portland city and county leaders addressed the community Friday morning.

A group of local leaders, including Mayor Keith Wilson, shared support for immigrants and urged peaceful protest at "No Kings" rallies this weekend.