LIVE UPDATES: Houston 'No Kings' rallies on Saturday, March 28

HOUSTON - Thousands of "No Kings" protests are scheduled across the country on Saturday, including several in the Houston area.

We will have live updates throughout the day.

LIVE UPDATES: Houston ‘No Kings’ rallies

3:30 p.m.

Houston protestors are seen carrying a large replica of the U.S. Constitution.

3:15 p.m.

The rally has begun walking and will come to an end at Walker and Smith Street.

3 p.m. 

Protestors are lining up to prepare to march through the streets of downtown Houston.

12:15 p.m.

The community organizer for the "No Kings" demonstration in Houston shared the purpose behind the event. 

12 p.m.

The "No Kings" rally at Houston City Hall is underway. We are streaming the event.

10 a.m.

Demonstrators at the Kingwood rally share the reasons they are protesting.

9 a.m.

The "No Kings" rally in Kingwood outside the Kingwood Town Center kicks off and draws a decent-sized crowd.

Where are Houston rallies being held?

According to Mobilize.us, at least a dozen events are being held in Southeast Texas throughout the day.

Houston

• Where: Houston City Hall, 901 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002
• When: 12 p.m.-4 p.m.

Pearland

• Where: Ivy Park, 11050 Modern Grn Dr, Houston, TX 77047
• When: 12 p.m.-2 p.m.

Cypress

• Where: 13313 Farm to Market 1960 Rd W, Houston, TX 77065
• When: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Sugar Land

• Where: 15300 University Blvd, Sugar Land, TX 77479
• When: 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Katy

• Where: 21010 Katy Fwy, Katy, TX 77449
• When: 12 p.m.- 1 p.m.

Kingwood

• Where: Kingwood Town Center, West Lake Houston Parkway & Kingwood Drive, Houston, TX 77339
• When: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

The Woodlands

• Where: Lake Woodlands Drive & Six Pines Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77380
• When: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Conroe

• Where: 300 W Davis St. Conroe, TX 77301
• When: 11 a.m.—2 p.m.

Angleton

• Where: Brazoria County Courthouse, 111 E Locust St., Angleton, TX 77515
• When: 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Galveston

• Where: 2222 28th St, Galveston, TX 77550
• When: 1 p.m.-3 p.m.

According to Mobilize.us, events are also scheduled in Pasadena, Clear Lake and La Porte, but the address is only shared with those registered for the event.

Nationwide "No Kings" rallies

By the numbers:

More than 3,100 events are being organized in communities large and small across all 50 states, with more than 9 million people expected to participate. 

This will be the third round of "No Kings" protests. Organizers say more than 5 million people took to the streets at more than 2,100 events last June, followed by more than 7 million people at more than 2,700 events last October.

What are they protesting?

The backstory:

These protests are part of a broader movement targeting recent federal immigration enforcement actions and what organizers describe as executive overreach by the Trump Administration.

Organizers announced Saturday’s protests in January, shortly after the killings in Minneapolis of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Plans had already been in the works, but their deaths during the surge of around 3,000 federal officers into Minnesota provided a new focus.

Opposition to the war in Iran, which the U.S. and Israel launched with airstrikes on Feb. 28, is expected to draw even more people to the protests, Levin said.

What is the White House saying?

The other side:

The White House dismissed the planned protests as the product of "leftist funding networks" with little real public support.

"The only people who care about these Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them," White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement.

Trump reacted to previous "No Kings" rallies by insisting "I’m not a king" and saying attendees were "not representative of the people of our country."