Demonstrators turn out by the thousands for No Kings rally against Trump administration in downtown Houston
THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE
More than 20,000 people marched in downtown Houston on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump in the third No Kings rally since he was inaugurated last year.
Protesters gathered around noon at City Hall to listen to a lineup of activist speakers before an afternoon march through downtown. Attendees shouted chants like “Abolish ICE, take back our rights” and held signs denouncing varied actions by the Trump administration, from its immigration policy to the Iran war.
Yvette Arellano, 38, founder and director of environmental justice group Fenceline Watch, said she worried that the war would cause harm at home and abroad.
“It’s our lives that are at stake,” Arellano said. “It’s our families that will suffer at the end of the day, and it’s our youth that will get stolen in order to supply soldiers for this war.”