Trump posted on social media that Mayor Daniel Lurie told him Wednesday night that the city was making progress in reducing crime. Trump said he agreed to let San Francisco keep trying on its own.<\/p>\n
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents began arriving Thursday at\u00a0Coast Guard Island in Alameda, California,<\/a>\u00a0to support federal efforts to track down immigrants in the country illegally. Several hundred people, many singing hymns and carrying signs saying, \u201cProtect our neighbors\u201d and \u201cNo ICE or troops in the Bay,\u201d referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, gathered at the base around dawn.<\/p>\n Police used at least one flash-bang grenade to clear a handful of demonstrators from the entrance as CBP vehicles drove onto the base. Organizers urged protesters to remain peaceful, as a line of Coast Guard officers in helmets watched from just outside the entrance.<\/p>\n Lurie said he received a phone call from Trump Wednesday night in which the president told him he was \u201ccalling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco.\u201d Lurie said in a statement that Homeland Security Secretary\u00a0Kristi Noem<\/a>\u00a0\u201creaffirmed that direction\u201d in a conversation Thursday morning.<\/p>\n At an afternoon news conference, Lurie said he welcomes the city\u2019s \u201ccontinued partnership\u201d with the Drug Enforcement Agency and other federal authorities to get illegal narcotics off the streets and contribute to San Francisco\u2019s falling crime rates.<\/p>\n \u201cBut having the military and militarized immigration enforcement in our city will hinder our recovery,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n It was not clear if the president was canceling a National Guard deployment or calling off\u00a0immigration enforcement<\/a>\u00a0by CBP agents. At his news conference, Lurie said he could not clarify and could only say what the president had said.<\/p>\n Protesters block a caravan of U.S. Border Patrol personnel from entering Coast Guard Base Alameda on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo\/Noah Berger)\n<\/p>\n A U.S. Border Patrol officer tries to clear protesters while entering Coast Guard Base Alameda on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo\/Noah Berger)\n<\/p>\n A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent confronts protesters blocking the entrance to the Coast Guard Island Alameda, where they are sent to as a staging area for the long-threatened immigration crackdown, in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Stephen Lam \/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)\n<\/p>\n Jorge Bautista, a clergyman with the United Church of Christ, reacts after he was hit in the face by a pepper round from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent as protesters blocks the entrance to Coast Guard Island Alameda, where they are sent to as a staging area for the long-threatened immigration crackdown, in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Stephen Lam\/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)\n<\/p>\n Show Caption<\/p>\n 1 of 4<\/p>\n Protesters block a caravan of U.S. Border Patrol personnel from entering Coast Guard Base Alameda on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo\/Noah Berger)\n<\/p>\n Expand<\/a><\/p>\n California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s office said on X: \u201cTrump has finally, for once, listened to reason \u2014 and heard what we have been saying from the beginning. The Bay Area is a shining example of what makes California so special, and any attempt to erode our progress would damage the work we\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n The San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>, citing an anonymous source with knowledge of the operation, reported Wednesday that more than 100 CBP and other federal agents would arrive this week. Lurie and Newsom, both Democrats, condemned the move, saying it was meant to provoke violent protests.<\/p>\n Trump has repeatedly said he plans to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco\u00a0to quell crime<\/a>, but his administration hasn\u2019t offered a timeline for doing so. His assertions of out-of-control crime in the city of roughly 830,000 have baffled local and state leaders, who point to statistics showing that many crimes are at record lows.<\/p>\n Trump has deployed the Guard to\u00a0Washington, D.C.<\/a>, and\u00a0Memphis<\/a>,\u00a0Tennessee<\/a>, to help fight what he says is rampant crime. Los Angeles was the first city where Trump deployed the Guard, arguing it was necessary to protect federal buildings and agents as protesters fought back against mass immigration arrests.<\/p>\n He has also said they are needed in\u00a0Chicago<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Portland<\/a>, Oregon. Lawsuits from Democratic officials in both cities have so far\u00a0blocked troops<\/a>\u00a0from going out on city streets.<\/p>\n Coast Guard Island is an artificial island formed in 1913, and the Coast Guard first established a base there in 1926. The island is owned by the federal government and is not open to the general public, so escorts or specific government ID cards are required for visitors. The Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which also houses ICE and CBP.<\/p>\n Weber reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press journalists Jonathan Mattise in Nashville, Tennessee, and Janie Har in San Francisco contributed.<\/p>\n Originally Published: October 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By TERRY CHEA and CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press ALAMEDA, Calif. 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