San Diego planning No Kings protest for Saturday

Zoom in: San Diego will have a march from 10am-noon at Waterfront Park as well as smaller events around the county.

• About 50,000 people turned out to the last march in October.

The Twin Cities will serve as the flagship event, according to organizers, with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers, Jane Fonda and Bruce Springsteen scheduled to perform or speak at the State Capitol in St. Paul.

Context: Minneapolis was thrust into the center of the Trump administration's aggressive deportation campaign this year after immigration officers fatally shot two U.S. citizens.

• Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE officer in January, just weeks before Border Patrol officers shot Alex Pretti.

State of play: Immigration will certainly be a rallying cry for many protesters, especially in cities like Chicago, Charlotte and New Orleans, where ICE and Border Patrol conducted vast, seemingly random sweeps of immigrants.

• The war in Iran will also be driving people to the streets, the main organizers of Indivisible said on social media.

Flashback: More than 5 million people participated in thousands of events last June for the inaugural No Kings events, organizers said.

• Participation swelled to 7 million for October's protest.
• Organizers are promoting Saturday's No Kings Day actions as one of the largest single-day nonviolent protests in U.S. history.

What they're saying: "America is at an inflection point. Our communities are hurting. People are afraid, and they can't afford basic necessities," American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said in a statement.

• "It's time the administration listened and helped them build a better life rather than stoking hate and fear."