Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in a press release Friday that she has been told by Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez that “ICE and Border Patrol operations are cancelled for the greater Bay Area — which includes Oakland — at this time.”
Sgt. Roberto Morales, a spokesperson for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, confirmed that Sanchez has been told the federal government’s surge operation won’t happen — at this time — in Oakland, Berkeley and the rest of the county.
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