"The Trump administration appeared poised to send dozens of federal agents to the San Francisco Bay Area for a major immigration enforcement operation, prompting condemnation from California leaders. Details of the deployment were still emerging, but it will reportedly involve more than 100 federal agents, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The agents are reportedly set to begin using the US Coast Guard base in Alameda, a city located across the bay from San Francisco."
"California's governor, Gavin Newsom, criticised the move, calling it right out of the dictator's handbook. He sends out masked men, he sends out border patrol, he sends out ICE, he creates anxiety and fear in the community so that he can lay claim to solving for that by sending in the [national] guard, Newsom said in a video statement. This is no different than the arsonist putting out the fire."
More than 100 federal agents were reportedly set to be deployed to the San Francisco Bay Area for a major immigration enforcement operation. The agents were expected to begin using the US Coast Guard base in Alameda, across the bay from San Francisco. It remained unclear whether National Guard troops would also be involved. The deployment followed weeks of threats by Donald Trump to target the Democratic-run city and formed part of a campaign of mass immigration arrests. California leaders condemned the action as authoritarian and theatrical. San Francisco officials pledged to block militarized immigration enforcement and prepared for a potential federal deployment.
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