More than 70 official rallies unfolded across Florida, including Miami, Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys. The demonstrations, about 2,000 nationwide, hit the streets after a federal crackdown on protesters in Los Angeles who were marching in response to the nation’s new stringent immigration policies and ICE raids.

Demonstrators gathered across South Florida on Saturday as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protests, voicing opposition to President Donald Trump and what they describe as threats to democracy.

The South Florida protesters were part of a nationwide rally of Trump opponents who are countering the president's orchestrated military parade Saturday to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary — and the president's birthday — in Washington,