OAKLAND, Calif. —

Federal officials have called off a planned immigration enforcement operation not just in San Francisco but across the "greater Bay Area," according to Oakland’s mayor.

“I spoke with Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez, who confirmed through her communications with ICE that Border Patrol operations are cancelled for the greater Bay Area - which includes Oakland - at this time,” Lee said in a statement.

The New York Times separately cited two federal officials in reporting similar details.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he had backed off a plan to “surge” federal agents into San Francisco after receiving calls from local tech industry leaders and speaking to the city’s mayor. It had been unclear until now whether that operation would continue elsewhere in th

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