Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could soon be headed to San Francisco.<\/p>\n
McLaughlin said in an interview with NewsNation\u2019s \u201cThe Hill,\u201d there would be \u201cno safe haven in the United States, whether that be Los Angeles, Chicago, New York or San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do have ICE officers on the ground in San Francisco,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s not a change in posture.\u201d<\/p>\n
McLaughlin added that a \u201cstepped-up presence\u201d can be expected in San Francisco \u201cand in any of these sanctuary cities.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked about ICE operations in the Bay Area city, she said she \u201ccan\u2019t get too ahead of ICE operations or [President Trump].\u201d McLaughlin added that California Gov. Gavin Newsom \u201celectorally has to be very careful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Los Angeles and San Francisco, a lot of those citizens aren\u2019t happy with his governance, whether it be over those wildfires or the crime we\u2019re seeing out of San Francisco,\u201d McLaughlin said.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday night, Newsom said he would sue the Trump administration<\/a> should it send federal agents to San Francisco. The Trump administration had already announced that it would send 100 agents<\/a> from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Coast Guard Base Alameda.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to be fierce, we\u2019re going to be focused in terms of our response,\u201d Newsom said at a press conference. \u201cQuite literally, this is the lawsuit that I will file within a nanosecond of any effort to send the military to one of America\u2019s great cities, San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n The immigration officers are expected to arrive on Thursday, the\u00a0San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n Trump\u00a0announced over the weekend<\/a>\u00a0that he would send federal officials to San Francisco \u201cand we\u2019ll make it great,\u201d he told Fox News.<\/p>\n State officials have worked to lower the city\u2019s crime rate, specifically by\u00a0calling on<\/a> the California Highway Patrol for intervention, including in the wider San Francisco Bay area.<\/p>\n \u201cViolent crime in San Francisco has fallen to levels not seen since the 1950s. Encampments are at record lows. San Francisco is turning the corner\u2014thanks to public safety,\u201d Mayor Daniel Lurie (D) said in a statement on the social media platform X.<\/a><\/p>\n Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n