The Trump administration dispatched 100 immigration agents to San Francisco with groups expected to begin arriving on Thursday, making it the second city in California to face federal intervention.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Agents will be dispersed from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Coast Guard Base Alameda, one source told the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Hill reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for comment on the plans.<\/p>\n Over the weekend, President Trump announced plans to<\/a> bring a federal presence to San Francisco, alleging residents would be welcoming of his plans to solve crime in the area.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to San Francisco and we\u2019ll make it great. It\u2019ll be great again. San Francisco is a great city. It won\u2019t be great if it keeps going like this,\u201d the president said during a Fox News interview<\/a> that aired on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to go to San Francisco. The difference is they want us in San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n The crackdown comes months ahead of Super Bowl LX, which is set to be hosted near San Francisco in Santa Clara, Calif.\u00a0<\/p>\n The city currently ranks 13th nationwide for property crime<\/a> with 3,929 cases of property offenses recorded per 100,000 people last year, and 5,118 cases of burglary, according to FBI data.\u00a0<\/p>\n State officials have been working to drive down the crime rate by calling on<\/a> the California Highway Patrol for intervention, including in the San Francisco Bay area.\u00a0<\/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) wrote in a Wednesday statement<\/a> on the social platform X.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lurie and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) have both said federal agents are not needed in California.<\/p>\n