President Donald Trump has scrapped plans to send more than 100 federal agents to the San Francisco Bay Area following discussions with local leaders, including the mayor and prominent Silicon Valley executives. The decision reverses a move that had sparked widespread condemnation from California officials and triggered street protests.
The plan, revealed on Wednesday, would have deployed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agents to the US Coast Guard base in Alameda, across the bay from San Francisco, as part of a major immigration enforcement operation. The region had been on edge amid reports of the impending arrival of federal forces.
Speaking on Thursday, Trump confirmed that he would not proceed with the “surge” after speaking with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and technology leaders such as Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, and Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia. Benioff had previously apologised for suggesting that the National Guard should be sent to the city.
The cancellation marks a significant shift from the administration’s earlier stance and has been welcomed by critics who argued that the deployment would have escalated tensions and represented an overreach of federal authority. California leaders had united in opposition to the plan.
