'No Kings' Protests Happening In 3 Hudson County Towns

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — A second series of “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration will take place around the country on Saturday, with several demonstrations scheduled in North Jersey.

Three protests are scheduled in Hudson County, while other local groups, including in Hoboken, plan to meet up locally to attend a larger protest in Manhattan. New York City faith leaders are planning a vigil before the protest, at 9:30 a.m. in Columbus Circle.

In addition, four official protests will take place in Bergen County, one of which is called "Healing A Divided Nation With Love."

The Hudson County protests are scheduled for Jersey City's City Hall, and in Guttenberg and Weehawken. Details can be found here and here.

In Bergen County, the protests are scheduled in Waldwick, Teaneck, Closter, and Rutherford, with the locations listed here. Other North Jersey groups plan to head together to Manhattan to protest, and smaller protests may take place.

No Kings is a coalition of numerous progressive and pro-democracy organizations led and coordinated by the national organizing group Indivisible.

In the first No Kings protests in June, millions of people peacefully demonstrated against what they say are authoritarian policies on the national level.

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They have protested specific actions including immigration agents detaining citizens and people attending routine immigration hearings, as well as those trying to help their family members get medical treatment. They are also worried about potential cuts to food and medical benefits for children and adults who live in poverty.

The last round of protests were held on the same day as the U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade on Trump’s 79th birthday.

At least 2,000 protests will be held Saturday in every state in the country, with demonstrations planned in most major U.S. cities, as well as in Canada and Mexico.

Protests are designed to be a peaceful day of action, according to the No Kings website.

A large gathering planned on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol drew the ire of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who told Fox News Friday that although he is “a very patient guy,” he has “had it with these people.”

He called the Saturday protest a “Hate America rally” staged by “all the pro-Hamas wing and the antifa people.”

“They’re all coming out,” Johnson said.

The BBC has described the group with as "loosely organized" without a distinct leader.

Protestors’ ranks are expected to be swelled by laid-off federal workers who won’t get a paycheck until the federal government reopens or who may lose their jobs entirely.

The American Federation of Government Employees urged members of its 900 local unions to join No Kings protests as well. Together, the locals represent more than 820,000 workers in almost every federal agency of the government.

“The protest movement has taken on new urgency with the government shutdown that began Oct. 1,” the union said in an Oct. 6 statement. “Shutting down the government is another authoritarian power grab by this administration, which has threatened to lay off mass numbers of furloughed federal workers as part of an ongoing quest to gut federal programs and services the administration finds objectionable.”

No Kings said demonstrators this weekend are expected to protest a variety of administration policies, including immigration enforcement by masked agents and the disruption of migrant families, congressional map gerrymandering, health care and higher costs of living.

Patch's National Desk contributed reporting to this story.