The BriefCities across North Texas are preparing for multiple "No Kings" protests against the Trump administration and ICE raids planned for Saturday.Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed Texas National Guard troops statewide to "maintain peace & order" during the demonstrations.

Ahead of this weekend's "No Kings" protests against Trump administration policies and recent immigration raids, Latino elected officials and civic leaders urged participants to remain peaceful while still exercising their right to free speech.

Leaders of Dallas’ Latino community have urged for peaceful demonstrations as protesters prepare to take to the streets Saturday for the No Kings events

There are no Texas laws banning wearing masks in public, including at protests. There has been some discussion in the Texas Legislature to ban masks, especially after concerns about violent incidents linked to protests related to the Israel-Hamas war, but there are no laws in Texas forbidding them at protests.

More than 60 anti-Trump protests are planned in major cities across the state this weekend, including Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio.

One person is in police custody after a rally at the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas Monday night. Several North Texas-based immigration advocacy groups hosted what they said was a peaceful rally at the bridge after days of ongoing immigration raids and counterprotests in Los Angeles .

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids are flaring up around the country, and officials in cities from coast to coast are bracing for major demonstrations against President Donald Trump o

We have a duty, a moral obligation to say no and resist,’ uniformed ex-soldier says at Texas demonstration, rebuking President Donald Trump for involving the military in domestic law enforcement