UPDATE (April 26, 4:30 p.m.)

One of the JMU students organizing a protest against Donald Trump in Harrisonburg for Saturday says the protest will go on. This follows the news that Trump will not be making an appearance in Harrisonburg despite what the Washington Post reported earlier in the week.

Natasha Yaqub wrote on the Facebook group page for the protest saying:

"Despite this change, we still intend to protest at the RPV Convention to take a stand against Trump as a presidential candidate. The reason for our protest was always about countering Trump's hateful platform and as this convention could be instrumental in deciding the nomination process, we still think there is an opportunity to take a stand."

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UPDATE (April 26)

Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, will not visit the Valley this weekend.

This is according to David D'Onofrio with the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV).

Many believed Trump would make an appearance following the release of a Washington Post article Monday morning. According to RPV, that information was incorrect.

In a media release sent to WHSV, RPV explained:

"The Republican Party of Virginia has confirmed that Donald J. Trump will NOT be attending the 2016 RPV Convention in Harrisonburg this weekend. Despite media reports to the contrary, Trump was never scheduled to speak at the convention.

We are honored any time any of our candidates visit the Commonwealth. Donald Trump has already visited Virginia on many occasions, and will no doubt return again in the near future.

RPV looks forward to working with our Presidential nominee to secure Virginia's 13 Electoral Votes and ensuring that Hillary Clinton returns to the private sector. We hope this clarifies the situation."

As for Trump's plans, the schedule on his website does not go beyond his visit to Indianapolis on Wednesday.

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UPDATE (April 25, 10:45 p.m.)

Even though Trump has not confirmed his visit to Harrisonburg, students at JMU are preparing a protest.

On Facebook, more than 800 people say they plan on attending the protest on campus on Saturday at 11 a.m. WHSV talked with some of the students who came up with the idea about the message they want to send to the candidate.

Natasha Yaqub, a graduating JMU senior, said, "as a Muslim American, I've personally felt the anger that can come from Donald Trump's policies in his campaign platform. And when I saw that he was coming to J-M-U, I thought this was a perfect opportunity to mobilize myself and my fellow peers at J-M-U."

Catherine Antosh, another graduating senior, added, "When the news broke on Washington Post this (Monday) morning that Trump would be visiting the campus, we really wanted to mobilize all the people that were angry about this into one unified forum to actually have a unified community speaking out against Trump."

Dozens say they're against a Trump presidency in our area, despite the fact that he actually won the Virginia primary last month with 35 percent of the vote.

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Donald Trump may be visiting the Valley this weekend.

The Washington Post reported Monday morning that the republican presidential front-runner, "will appear at party conventions in California and Virginia later this week to personally court activists and address the gatherings, according to three people familiar with his plans."

The Republican Party of Virginia's convention is slated for April 29-30 at the James Madison University Convocation Center in Harrisonburg.

Sources close to Trump's campaign told the Washington Post, "he will visit Harrisonburg, Va., for the Republican Party of Virginia’s convention."

Meanwhile, on Twitter, James Madison University responded to the report saying, "Trump at @JMU are just rumors. There’s no contact between JMU & Trump campaign. The event referenced not a JMU-sponsored event."

Adding to that, on Twitter, the Republican Party of Virginia also tweeted, "We know what the @washingtonpost says, but @realdonaldtrump not yet confirmed for the RPV Convention - we’ll let you know!"

WHSV checked Trump's campaign website for a schedule of upcoming visits. The latest visit listed is for April 26 in New York City. WHSV also reached out to the Trump campaign for comment regarding the report. We were referred to press secretary, Ms. Hope Hicks. We've reached out to Ms. Hicks, and we'll let you know what we're told as soon as have a response.