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

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,

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.

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside of the Portland U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building after a “No Kings” march in the downtown and Central Eastside area brought tens of thousands of demonstrators on Saturday afternoon.

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.

Demonstrators have already crowded into streets across the U.S. for “No Kings” rallies on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump before a Washington military parade marking the

Federal officers in tactical gear are clashing with demonstrators and deploying smoke, tear gas and flash grenades, the Oregonian reports.

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

Despite peaceful demonstrations reported in multiple cities, violence flared at some anti-Trump protests over the weekend.