Federal agents ‘knock and talk’ in Fremont

FREMONT — An undisclosed number of federal agents appeared in Fremont on Saturday to knock on doors and seek “voluntary cooperation” with “specific individuals,” Fremont officials said.

Sometime Saturday morning, federal agents dropped into the city and by early afternoon they had allegedly left the city, according to Fremont spokeswoman Geneva Bosques. She said it was unclear from which agency the agents were from, how many there were, or where they were conducting their work. She said by about 12:20 p.m., the agents had left the city, though declined to provide further information.

Fremont Mayor Raj Salwan told this news organization he first heard federal agents would be in Fremont from City Manager Karena Shackelford sometime mid-morning. He said agents were expected to be conducting