"More than 100 federal agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection are reportedly arriving this morning at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, potentially marking the beginning of a major immigration enforcement operation that officials have warned could mirror chaotic scenes from Chicago and Los Angeles in recent months. Have information about immigration enforcement in Oakland? Contact us, anonymously or not, at editors@oaklandside.org."
"Coast Guard Island is a 67-acre artificial island in the Oakland Estuary between Oakland and Alameda that serves as one of the largest Coast Guard bases on the West Coast. The federal base is operated by the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees both the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection. The Coast Guard confirmed it is providing the base as a "place of operations" for CBP agents,"
More than 100 U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are arriving at Coast Guard Island in Alameda to stage immigration enforcement operations across the Bay Area. Coast Guard Island is a 67-acre artificial island in the Oakland Estuary that serves as a major Coast Guard base. The Department of Homeland Security operates the base and is providing it as a place of operations for CBP. CBP is the largest DHS law enforcement agency, with more than 60,000 employees, responsible for border patrol, ports of entry, and enforcing immigration and customs laws. Mayor Barbara Lee said Oakland will not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
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