ICE, Border Patrol operations in Bay Area are officially ‘canceled,’ officials say
Alameda County sheriff indicates Trump’s withdrawal from San Francisco extends to rest of Bay Area
By Shomik Mukherjee | smukherjee@times-standard.com, Sierra Lopez | slopez@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group and Jakob Rodgers | jrodgers@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
UPDATED: October 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM PDT
OAKLAND — Federal immigration agents who descended onto the Coast Guard Island in Alameda this week have been called off for the entire Bay Area, and not just San Francisco, officials said Friday, following a chaotic 24-hour stretch of uncertainty and civil unrest.
The planned enforcement operations have been “canceled,” said Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, relaying a message from Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez, who had confirmed the update late Thursday with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
It was a moment of clarity for a region that had remained in a state of confusion since Thursday, with leaders and protesters alike unsure if President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold a federal deployment in San Francisco would extend to the rest of the Bay Area.
ICE, along with Customs and Border Protection, came to the Bay Area on Trump’s orders, arriving Thursday morning to Coast Guard Island in the estuary between Alameda and Oakland — an apparent staging area for expected enforcement raids.
https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/10/24/ice-border-patrol-oakland-canceled-trump/
