"It followed a similar announcement by Lurie, who said he had told Trump during a phone call late Wednesday that San Francisco is "on the rise" and that "having the military and militarized immigration enforcement in our city will hinder our recovery." Lurie said Trump agreed to call off any federal deployment to the city, and that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem - who is in charge of federal immigration forces - had "reaffirmed that direction" in a conversation with him Thursday morning."
"Trump said on social media that his administration had been planning a "surge" in San Francisco beginning Saturday, but that Lurie had asked him "very nicely" to "give him a chance to see if he can turn it around," and that other "friends" of Trump's in the city had asked him to call it off because they believe Lurie is "making substantial progress.""
"Trump said he told Lurie that he was "making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove," but that he had ultimately agreed to pause the surge - in part because Lurie has the support of prominent business leaders Jensen Huang of Nvidia and Marc Benioff of Salesforce."
President Trump announced he called off a planned federal "surge" into San Francisco after speaking with Mayor Daniel Lurie and other city leaders. Department of Homeland Security forces have begun staging additional personnel at the U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda County, prompting protests at the base entrance. East Bay officials and activists said they were not consulted and expressed suspicion that federal operations could enlarge the target on their communities. Lurie said San Francisco is "on the rise" and that military and militarized immigration enforcement would hinder recovery; DHS Secretary Kristi Noem reaffirmed the decision to pause any deployment.
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