In a surprise announcement, President Donald Trump said Thursday morning that a planned surge of federal immigration agents to the San Francisco Bay Area is being paused.

In a post on Truth Social, a social media app owned by the Trump family, Trump wrote the Department of Homeland Security was planning a “surge” operation for Saturday in San Francisco. However, friends of his called him on Wednesday night, the day news of the immigration crackdown became public, and urged him not to go through with it.

Trump also wrote that he spoke to San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who asked Trump to hold off. Lurie confirmed he spoke with the president. Lurie also said he spoke to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who “reaffirmed” Trump’s decision to hit pause.

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