President Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday," No Kings organizers wrote. "A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington.

Around 2,000 protests and rallies were planned nationwide, with thousands of people also attending staged “No Kings” events in Manitowoc, Sheboygan and Green Bay. Rallies were canceled in Minnesota out of caution following shootings targeting local lawmakers.

Demonstrators will march and rally at the Capitol in Downtown Madison on Saturday afternoon to protest the Trump administration.

Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.

Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Milwaukee to decry the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Authorities across the country geared up for more demonstrations Thursday and later this week, as troops prepared to mobilize in several states and spreading protests showed no sign of slowing.