Tens of thousands of Portlanders marched across the Willamette River this afternoon in a show of numbers aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and mocking his birthday celebration.

Federal officers in tactical gear are clashing with demonstrators and deploying smoke, tear gas and flash grenades, the Oregonian reports.

NewsWatch 12 is on scene as 'No Kings' protests take place across Southern Oregon. Demonstrators say they are speaking out against President Donald Trump and his policies. NewsWatch 12 has reporters on the ground in Medford, Grants Pass and Ashland. Counter-protestors have shown up in Grants Pass, showing support for Trump.

Around 2,000 protests were planned on Saturday in opposition to President Donald Trump. Large crowds turned out in cities like Portland, Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles – and in smaller communities in traditionally conservative areas.

Organizers call the mass protests nationwide a "day of defiance" in opposition to Trump administration policies.

With protests over immigration enforcement raids, as well as planned demonstrations against President Trump over the weekend happening locally and nationwide, Portland city and county leaders addressed the community Friday morning.

A group of local leaders, including Mayor Keith Wilson, shared support for immigrants and urged peaceful protest at "No Kings" rallies this weekend.

Top Portland and Multnomah County leaders, law enforcement officials and several community leaders stood together Friday in advance of large planned protests to decry the immigration policies of the federal administration and affirm the laws in place to protect immigrants.