Bay Area leaders reacted with dismay Wednesday to the specter of an intensified immigration crackdown involving scores of federal agents planning to deploy, following through on President Donald Trump’s recent threats to target San Francisco.
The alarm Wednesday came as more than 100 federal agents — including some from U.S. Customs and Border Protection — prepared to arrive Thursday at Coast Guard Island, in the estuary between Alameda and Oakland, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The pending influx comes amid plans voiced by Trump and his homeland security chief, Kristi Noem, to send National Guard troops to the Bay Area — much as they’ve done in a handful of U.S. cities over the last several months, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Ore. As recently as Sunday, Trump re