Advocacy organizations Indivisible Chicago and ACLU of Illinois are planning a mass “No Kings Day of Defiance” protest at noon Saturday to protest the ICE arrests and President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The Chicago protest will be one of the many to launch in more than 1,000 cities across the country, following days of demonstrations led by immigrant rights activists and as the Trump administration ramps up the number of arrests immigration officers must make each day. Jason Rieger, founder of Indivisible Chicago, said the group is expecting even larger crowds than the ones that turned out for Chicago’s version of the “Hands Off” demonstrations held in all 50 states in April. Here’s what we know: What is ‘No Kings Day’ and who organized it? The “No Kings” rallies are intended to counter the military parade Trump has planned to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, which also lands on the president’s 79th birthday. “The act of a would-be fascist dictator only work if we allow him to take the power and silence us, so it’s important everyone who opposes the actions of this president do not allow themselves to fall silent or bury their heads in the sand,” Rieger said. The “No Kings” theme was originally conceived by the 50501 Movement. The movement, which stands for “50 protests, 50 states, one movement,” oppose what they call the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration. Though it didn’t play a role in planning Saturday’s protests, Chicago has seen several demonstrations that were launched by the movement. How does ‘No Kings’ Day compare to other Chicago protests against ICE? The Saturday protest comes shortly after protests organized by another group brought thousands to the city’s downtown streets Tuesday to fight against ICE raids. A car drove through the crowd at one point in the evening, hitting a 66-year-old retired federal worker and breaking her arm. At least four individuals faced felony charges after the Tuesday protest, and were accused of acts ranging from spitting in an officer’s face, throwing a water bottle at a cop, throwing “an unknown liquid” at another officer and tagging police vehicles. 17 people were arrested, court records show. Rieger said his group is “100% committed to nonviolent peaceful protest.” But the National Lawyers Guild of Chicago, which had observers monitoring the Tuesday protest, said the police response was “especially violent and aggressive,” where police supervisors were seen pulling officers away from protesters. It came less than a week after alderpersons and advocates were thrown to the ground by ICE agents as they demonstrated against and eventually clashed with federal agents detaining people at an immigration check-in office in the South Loop. Matthew McLoughlin, director of operations at the Chicago National Lawyers Guild, said protesters should know their rights regardless of whether local police, federal agents or troops are overseeing protests, and that the risk of police violence entirely rests on how CPD chooses to respond. “It really depends on how the Chicago police choose to respond to demonstrators,” McLoughlin said. “We are obviously preparing to make sure we can help protect people’s rights regardless of the entities policing these demonstrations. ... [But] the best way to protect your rights is to know them.” What’s happening with the National Guard? At least 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 Marines were sent to put down protests in Los Angeles after Trump federalized the state’s National Guard. On Thursday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops and more than 2,000 state police to be deployed around Texas to deal with protests against Trump and to support federal immigration raids. On WBEZ’s RESET Thursday, Mayor Brandon Johnson said that he has been speaking with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and other local officials to anticipate the deployment of troops to the city, but said Trump’s move to federalize California’s National Guard was “eroding and circumventing the Constitution.” “It’s wrong to deploy the National Guard and active-duty Marines into an American city over the objection of local law enforcement just to inflame a situation and create a crisis, just as it’s wrong to tear children away from their homes and their mothers and fathers, who have spent decades living and working in our communities, raising their families,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said at a House Oversight committee hearing Thursday. Johnson urged those taking to the streets to remain peaceful, and said that anything else will “provoke the federal government to do what they’ve been doing.” “This militarized approach is an escalation,” Johnson said. “It’s intentional.” Johnson’s chief of staff, Cristina Pacione-Zayas told the Sun-Times federal agents had been given 48-hour notice of weekend deployment to five major cities, Chicago being one of them, saying: “There will be tactical teams. There will be mini-tanks. There will be other tools that they use in which they plan to do raids, as we saw in Los Angeles.” As for potential CPD cooperation with federal agents, Johnson said city law enforcement would be focused on upholding residents’ First Amendment rights and that officers would abide by the Welcoming City Ordinance, which prevents them from working with federal immigration authorities. “You have masked armed men disappearing people from our city and around the country, it’s reprehensible,” Johnson said. “There’s no script for this.” Where are the protests happening? According to the “No Kings” website, which has a map of all events planned for Saturday, similar protests are set to kick off across the country, including in nearly 50 cities in Illinois, spanning from McHenry to Carbondale, with several taking place in other states near Illinois’ borders. Several will be held across the city — including a senior event and an earlier “family friendly” event — in addition to the main rally downtown and suburban rallies in Highland Park, Mount Prospect, Elgin, Bartlett, Geneva, Oak Park, Lisle and Orland Park, among others. Here are where protests are planned in Chicago and the surrounding area: Chicago12-2pmDaley Plaza50 W Washington StChicago, IL 60602 Evanston10 – 11:30amFountain Square1601 Sherman Ave.Evanston, IL 60201 Des Plaines1 – 3pmIntersection of Wolf Rd and Golf RdDes Plaines, IL 60016 La Grange4:30-7pmIntersection of La Grange Road and Cossitt AvenueLa Grange, IL 60525 Oak Park1 – 3pmScoville Park800 Lake StreetOak Park, IL 60301 Contributing: Katie Anthony, Fran Spielman, Tina Sfondeles