Overview

• More than 2,000 “No Kings” demonstrations unfolded on June 14 to coincide with President Trump’s birthday military parade, with many protests remaining peaceful and drawing thousands of participants nationwide.
• In response to earlier anti-ICE demonstrations, the administration deployed about 2,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines to Los Angeles without state approval, escalating tensions over immigration enforcement.
• Actors and entertainers including Mark Ruffalo, Kerry Washington, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jimmy Kimmel lent their voices or on-the-ground support to the protests, framing them as a defense of constitutional freedoms.
• Marchers carried signs condemning ICE’s accelerated deportations and warning against a slide into dictatorship, invoking Revolutionary-era symbolism to emphasize their civil-rights concerns.
• Outrage surged after politically motivated shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers during the demonstrations, with protesters and celebrities calling for greater protection of civic engagement.