"A planned increase in federal immigration enforcement in the Bay Area is now on pause throughout the region and in major East Bay cities, not just in San Francisco, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said Friday. Lee said in a statement that Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez had "confirmed through her communications" with federal immigration officials that the planned operations were "cancelled for the greater Bay Area - which includes Oakland - at this time.""
"Trump and Lurie had very specifically addressed San Francisco, even as additional Border Patrol agents were being staged across the bay on Coast Guard Island, which is in the waters between Alameda and Oakland. At a press conference following Trump's annoucement about San Francisco, Lee had said the situation remained "fluid," that she had received no such assurances about the East Bay and that Oakland was continuing to prepare for enhanced immigration enforcement in the region."
"Alameda County Dist. Atty. Ursula Jones Dickson had previously warned that the announced stand down in San Francisco could be a sign the administration was looking to focus on Oakland instead - and make an example of it. "We know that they're baiting Oakland, and that's why San Francisco, all of a sudden, is off the table," Jones Dickson said Thursday morning."
Planned federal immigration enforcement operations across the greater Bay Area, including major East Bay cities, were confirmed cancelled for the region at this time. Additional Border Patrol agents had been staged on Coast Guard Island between Alameda and Oakland prior to the pause. Oakland had been preparing for enhanced immigration enforcement while East Bay leaders expressed concern after an initial pause referenced only San Francisco. Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson warned that the San Francisco stand down could signal a shifted focus to Oakland to make an example of the city.
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