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Tensions eased late Thursday afternoon outside Coast Guard Island after Trump backed off his plan for a federal immigration surge in the Bay Area. However, some protesters clashed with local officers who were dispatched to clear the area.
A planned immigration enforcement push by U.S. Border Patrol has been called off throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including Oakland, local officials said on Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would not go forward with a deployment of additional federal officers to San Francisco.
Federal immigration agents arrived in the Bay Area Thursday and the North Bay Rapid Response network is preparing for a potential increase in enforcement in Vallejo and the region.
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said Friday that she was told that ICE and border patrol operations have called off across the Bay Area.
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco on MSN
San Francisco Bay Area immigration operation canceled for now: White House
The immigration operation that was supposed to occur in the Bay Area on Thursday, was stopped even before it got started, KTVU has learned, and stems from a late-night phone call between San Francisco's mayor and President Donald Trump.
More than 100 federal agents — including some from U.S. Customs and Border Protection — prepared to arrive Thursday at Coast Guard Island.
Across the bay, nearly 5,000 showed up to rally at San Francisco's Embarcadero Plaza denouncing the threat of mass immigration raids and the possible deployment of National Guard troops elsewhere in the region,
Mayor Daniel Lurie confirms Trump won’t send troops or 100-plus federal agents to San Francisco for crime crackdown.