Several thousand people took to the streets of Denver Saturday night, the latest in a string of national and Denver-area protests throughout the weekend calling for a stop to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations throughout the country.

The protest, one of hundreds throughout the U.S., took place a day after marchers also took over La Alma-Lincoln Park in another anti-ICE protest.

During Friday’s “National Shutdown,” several metro school districts faced staffing woes and canceled classes or adopted alternative scheduling.

The people who marched were protesting immigration operations, and, more specifically, the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti — who both have Colorado ties — after they were shot by federal agents in Minnesota during enforcement operations.

Good grew up in Colorado Springs; Pretti’s parents currently live in Arvada.

President Donald Trump said federal authorities will not help cities where the protests have erupted, unless the local governments ask for help. The president added that federal buildings would be guarded.

Saturday nights demonstration began on the Capitol green before marchers quickly turned to walk down 14th Street, drawing those who had been enjoying a sit-down dinner or a show at the Performing Arts Complex out into the street to, in most cases. Some cheered the protestors along.

Brian Smith, 67, said he heard about the protest on the news just about an hour before he demonstration began and lauded the students who showed up.

A brief standoff with Denver police officers took place at the ramp near the intersection of Wynkoop Street and 19th Street, but after five minutes of expletives and inappropriate gestures, the group rejoined the rest of the demonstration heading back to the state Capitol.