Trump administration dispatches 100 immigration agents to San Francisco
The Trump administration dispatched 100 immigration agents to San Francisco with groups expected to begin arriving on Thursday, making it the second city in California to face federal intervention.
Agents will be dispersed from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Coast Guard Base Alameda, one source told the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Hill reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for comment on the plans.
Over the weekend, President Trump announced plans to bring a federal presence to San Francisco, alleging residents would be welcoming of his plans to solve crime in the area.
“We’re going to San Francisco and we’ll make it great. It’ll be great again. San Francisco is a great city. It won’t be great if it keeps going like this,” the president said during a Fox News interview that aired on Sunday.
“We’re going to go to San Francisco. The difference is they want us in San Francisco.”
The crackdown comes months ahead of Super Bowl LX, which is set to be hosted near San Francisco in Santa Clara, Calif.
The city currently ranks 13th nationwide for property crime with 3,929 cases of property offenses recorded per 100,000 people last year, and 5,118 cases of burglary, according to FBI data.
State officials have been working to drive down the crime rate by calling on the California Highway Patrol for intervention, including in the San Francisco Bay area.
“Violent crime in San Francisco has fallen to levels not seen since the 1950s. Encampments are at record lows. San Francisco is turning the corner—thanks to public safety,” Mayor Daniel Lurie (D) wrote in a Wednesday statement on the social platform X.
Lurie and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) have both said federal agents are not needed in California.
“California has seen enough. President Trump and Stephen Miller’s authoritarian playbook is coming for another of our cities, and violence and vandalism are exactly what they’re looking for to invoke chaos,” Newsom wrote on X.
“Help keep yourself and your communities safe. Remain peaceful,” he added.
Earlier in the year, the Trump administration deployed hundreds of Marines and National Guard soldiers to quell anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. Similar protests have broken out in Illinois amid the uptick in immigration enforcement.
The president has deployed soldiers to Illinois; Portland, Ore.; Memphis, Tenn.; and Washington, D.C. within the first nine months of his second term.