ALAMEDA, Calif. - A team of federal agents from multi-agencies were sent to Coast Guard Base Alameda and began arriving on Thursday as part of President Donald Trump's continued crackdown on immigration across the U.S., and protesters met them with signs and chants for them to leave.
A federal source who requested anonymity confirmed on Thursday that roughly 100 U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are conducting an operation with "pre-identified" targets, which could likely include going to Home Depots around the Bay Area, as there are often undocumented immigrants there. Border Patrol is the law enforcement arm of CBP.
The source said that efforts will ramp up "this weekend."
He would not elaborate on the exact nature of the operation or how long it would last, citing the saf