(KRON) -- After days of tension, protests outside Coast Guard Island in Alameda are finally starting to wind down. On Saturday morning, activists took their message off land and onto the water.

At sunrise, dozens of kayakers paddled through the Oakland Estuary, surrounding Coast Guard Island with signs that read 'No ICE in the Bay,' opposing the deployment of federal immigration agents. • Photo courtesy of KRON4 News. • Photo courtesy of KRON4 News.

Luna Angulo, an activist, stated, "Regardless of whether they are here in the moment or not, ICE is not welcome in our communities. An invasion by the federal government is not welcomed by the people of the Bay Area. And we are going to continue to resist."

Protesters had previously blocked the bridge leading to Coast Guard Island, but i

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