Just hours after city and community leaders held a press conference addressing the arrival of federal agents in the Bay Area, thousands marched on Embarcadero Plaza in opposition to ICE, the Trump administration, and a federal enforcement “surge” being dangled as a threat to San Francisco.

The mood was both somber and jubilant. After Donald Trump posted yesterday morning that San Francisco would not be inundated by militarized federal forces as promised (although he said to “stay tuned”), local leaders cautiously celebrated. They also emphasized the pain and destruction federal forces have already caused.

The reality of Trump and Lurie’s announcement of a halted federal invasion—that the deal, if it lasts, only prevents more militarized federal agents from entering San Francisco than alr

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