A planned immigration crackdown by federal agents has been canceled for the entire Bay Area for now, Mayor Barbara Lee of Oakland said Friday.

"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 obtained by CBS News Bay Area.

A spokesperson with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office told CBS News Bay Area that Sanchez spoke with ICE Thursday afternoon, who stated that the operations were cancelled at this time.

So far, there's been no confirmation from the Department of Homeland Security.

The statement comes one day after President Trump announced that he called off a so-called "surge" operation of fed

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