Thousands of people protested the Trump administration in downtown Portland Saturday, in one of the largest public demonstrations the state has seen since the president took office in January. Protestors marched along the waterfront,

Trump sent federal officers into Portland to quell riots five years ago. A tired city — watching events in LA — hopes it won’t happen again.

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.

PORTLAND, Maine — Two people were arrested and charged with assault Saturday after organized protests in Portland, according to the Portland Police Department. The "No Kings" demonstrations took place at Monument Square and Lincoln Park, and police said Congress and Pearl Streets were closed during the Lincoln Park event.

No Kings' rallies were held in dozens of Maine communities on Saturday. Protesters called out President Donald Trump's immigration policies on the same day as a military parade in Washington, D.C.

Top Portland and Multnomah County leaders, law enforcement officials and several community leaders stood together Friday in advance of large planned protests to decry the immigration policies of the federal administration and affirm the laws in place to protect immigrants.

A few hundred protesters gathered in Freeport as the morning began, while larger demonstrations are expected later in Portland, Augusta, Lewiston-Auburn and elsewhere.

Contingents of protestors gathered outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center and in Oceanside on Friday, calling for an end to recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.