Hundreds of people came together on Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in solidarity with the immigrant community during a festive rally in front of the Oregon State Capitol. The event was in the spirit of the civil rights activist’s legacy and included speakers and a live DJ playing Latin m usic. The crowd gathered in the plaza in front of the Capitol along Northeast Court Street with signs, and Mexican and American flags. Attendees mingled, drank warm champurrado, and danced to the music.  The event started at 11 a.m. and was put on by Si Se Puede Oregon with collaboration from the state’s largest farmworkers union, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, also known as PCUN. The rally was in conjunction with PCUN’s Day Without an Immigrant movement which encourages immigrants to abstain from shopping or going to work or school as part of a boycott demonstrating the economic impacts of immigrants.  Hundreds gather at Oregon Capitol on MLK Day to protest ICE, show support for of immigrants Nik Whitcomb sings on stage at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) The crowd listens to speakers at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) An attendee listens to speakers at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) Sandra Pereyda speaks at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) Attendees hold signs at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) An attendee listens to speakers at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) Attendees march at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) Andrea Files from the Hot Dogs Against Fascism group grills free hot dogs for the crowd at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read listens to speeches at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) Counterprotesters walk through the crowd at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) Counterprotesters walk through the crowd at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) A counterprotester is questioned by Salem police at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) A counterprotester is questioned by Salem Police at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) A counterprotester waves a flag in front of the crowd at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) Jorge Cisneros listens to speakers at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) An attendee holds a flag at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) Attendees march at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) Attendees march at the Day Without an Immigrant rally held at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter) STORY TIP OR IDEA? Send an email to Salem Reporter’s news team: [email protected]. LOCAL NEWS DELIVERED TO YOU: Subscribe to Salem Reporter and get all the fact-based Salem news that matters to you. Fair, accurate, trusted – SUBSCRIBE The post PHOTOS: Day Without an Immigrant rally at Oregon Capitol appeared first on Salem Reporter. ...read more read less