""The Federal Government was preparing to 'surge' San Francisco, California, on Saturday, but friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge," Trump posted on social media. "I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around.""
""It was not clear if the president was canceling a National Guard deployment or calling off immigration enforcement by CBP agents. At his news conference, Lurie said he could not clarify and could only repeat what the president had told him. Lurie said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "reaffirmed" Trump's commitment on Thursday morning. DHS oversees CBP agents as well as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.""
President Donald Trump said he was backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking with Mayor Daniel Lurie and several business leaders who pledged cleanup efforts. Trump had threatened to send the National Guard, but Mayor Lurie and Gov. Gavin Newsom said a deployment was unnecessary because crime is declining. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrived at a regional Coast Guard base earlier for a possible ramp-up of immigration enforcement, drawing several hundred protesters. Officials and local leaders differed on whether a National Guard deployment or CBP action had been canceled, and DHS maintained involvement.
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