More than 100 federal agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection are reportedly arriving this morning at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, potentially marking the beginning of a major immigration enforcement operation that officials have warned could mirror chaotic scenes from Chicago and Los Angeles in recent months.

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Federal agents are arriving as soon as this morning at the Coast Guard base, which sits in the Oakland Estuary between Oakland and Alameda. The base will serve as the staging ground for operations that may stretch across the Bay Area.

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Wednesday that it is providing the base as a “place of operatio

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