Customs and Border Protection agents are headed to Alameda for an operation beginning tomorrow, the Coast Guard has confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by\u00a0Darwin BondGraham<\/a> Oct. 22, 2025, 2:01 p.m. Social media was flooded today with rumors of federal agents being sent to Coast Guard Island in Alameda to prepare for massive immigration sweeps. Then the San Francisco Chronicle reported,<\/a> citing a single, unnamed source \u201cfamiliar with the operation,\u201d that the Trump administration has deployed 100 federal agents, including Customs and Border Protection, to the Coast Guard Base in Alameda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The New York Times confirmed the story after speaking with three people with direct knowledge of the operation, reporting<\/a> today that Border Patrol agents are headed to the Bay Area as part of an immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n President Donald Trump\u2019s recent threats to order the National Guard into San Francisco have had the whole region on edge, wondering if the Bay Area is about to experience the kind of chaos and violence that have accompanied similar actions in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and now Chicago and Portland, OR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Oaklandside has contacted federal law enforcement agencies, local and state officials, police, members of congress, and others seeking solid information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s what we\u2019ve learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, there\u2019s no official confirmation that a major immigration operation is about to unfold in the Bay Area. But this could soon change. \u201cThere\u2019s no report I have yet of ICE agents being here,\u201d Graves said about the Coast Guard\u2019s Alameda base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shortly after, the SF Standard reported that a Coast Guard spokesperson confirmed the deployment, saying, \u201cBase Alameda is preparing to support CBP agents starting tomorrow as a place of operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n An ICE spokesperson declined to answer questions from The Oaklandside about what\u2019s happening, and also referred us to CBP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection acknowledged receiving questions from The Oaklandside but did not respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n State Senator Jesse Arregu\u00edn, who represents Oakland, Berkeley, and Alameda, issued a statement earlier today confirming that a major immigration operation will soon begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen similar deployments have occurred in other cities what we\u2019ve seen are overly aggressive immigration enforcement tactics that lead to protests and civil unrest. The President and his goons then point to the unrest they themselves created to justify their tactics and even send in the National Guard,\u201d Arregu\u00edn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Arregu\u00edn urged Oakland and Bay Area residents to be cautious and peaceful if they plan to protest the Trump administration\u2019s operation. \u201cThis administration has put their playbook on display and are seeking to create chaos in order to justify additional federal deployments. Don\u2019t take the bait.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The city of Alameda issued a statement<\/a> clarifying that its police department \u201cis not a part of this operation, and APD does not enforce federal immigration laws or related civil warrants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and U.S. Congresswoman Lateefah Simon\u2019s offices did not immediately respond to questions from The Oaklandside seeking more information about the potential federal operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rumors of some kind of large-scale immigration crackdown appears to have been first reported by a Youtuber who goes by \u201cHawk\u201d on Wednesday. In a video<\/a>, Hawk claimed to have spoken to someone with \u201cclose ties to the Coast Guard,\u201d saying that 1,500 agents would be arriving at the Alameda Coast Guard base on Thursday, Oct. 23. Also on Wednesday, someone posted on Reddit that ICE and CBP were planning an \u201cinvasion\u201d of the Bay Area. Those claims do not appear to be true at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Local immigrant advocacy groups have been planning for stepped up federal operations in the Bay Area. The group Bay Resistance is hosting a Zoom training\u00a0tonight at 6 p.m.<\/a>\u00a0where Bay Area residents can get training in rapid response, community safety, and legal observing and learn about a mobilization plan for the day federal agents arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Contributed by JP Massar)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Customs and Border Protection agents are headed to Alameda for an operation beginning tomorrow, the Coast Guard has confirmed. by\u00a0Darwin BondGraham Oct. 22, 2025, 2:01 p.m. A Customs and Border Patrol officer at a recent event in San Diego. Credit: AP Photo\/Alex Brandon Social media was flooded today with rumors… Continue reading
A Customs and Border Patrol officer at a recent event in San Diego. Credit: AP Photo\/Alex Brandon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>A Coast Guard spokesperson, Petty Officer Graves, told The Oaklandside earlier today that Coast Guard facilities in Alameda are providing support to Customs and Border Protection, and he referred to an \u201coperation\u201d that\u2019s underway. But he would not comment on that operation and said to contact CBP for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n