{"id":44738,"date":"2025-10-25T12:10:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T19:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=44738"},"modified":"2025-10-25T12:10:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T19:10:35","slug":"federal-immigration-surge-called-off-across-greater-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/federal-immigration-surge-called-off-across-greater-bay-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal immigration \u2018surge\u2019 called off across greater Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-cropped-xueer-PROFILE-PIC-1-scaled-2.jpg 2x\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-cropped-xueer-PROFILE-PIC-1-scaled-2.jpg\" alt=\"A person with long dark hair smiling outdoors, wearing a light blue shirt. Trees and sky are in the background.\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-23-at-10.40.34-AM.png 2x\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-23-at-10.40.34-AM.png\" alt=\"A person in a blue shirt and striped tie stands outdoors in front of a tree, looking at the camera.\"> by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/xueerl\/\">Xueer Lu<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joee\/\">Joe Eskenazi<\/a><\/strong> October 24, 2025 (MissionLocal.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ice8-780x547.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people and police officers gather in front of a white SUV at a street intersection; several hold signs and cameras, and one person stands with a bicycle.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters block a vehicle from entering Alameda Coast Guard Island on Oct. 23, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in a press release on Friday that she has been told by Alameda County\u2019s sheriff that ICE and border patrol operations have been called off for the rest of the Bay Area&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/10\/ice-agents-sf-bay-area\/\">in addition to San Francisco<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI spoke with Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez, who confirmed through her communications with ICE that Border Patrol operations are cancelled for the greater Bay Area \u2014 which includes Oakland \u2014 at this time,\u201d Lee said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Daniel Lurie yesterday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/10\/san-francisco-national-guard-troops-immigration-daniel-lurie-marc-benioff\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that an anticipated immigration enforcement action in San Francisco was abruptly curtailed by President Donald Trump, who also put out a statement on his Truth Social platform. While the president\u2019s statement only mentioned San Francisco, today\u2019s communiques from Bay Area leaders indicate the so-called \u201csurge\u201d will not imminently take place in any Bay Area locale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mission-local-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mission Local logo, with blue and orange lines on the shape of the Mission District\" class=\"wp-image-639216\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? Sign up for our&nbsp;<strong>free daily newsletter<\/strong>&nbsp;below.Sign up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee also said she is aware of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/1981735133439725996\">shooting<\/a>&nbsp;on Thursday at 10 p.m. near the entrance of the Coast Guard Island in Alameda, where border patrol agents had arrived early that morning and protesters amassed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a social media post on X, the Department of Homeland Security\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/1981735133439725996\">stated<\/a>\u00a0that a person driving a U-Haul truck backed up toward a line of Coast Guard security personnel outside of the base after being given verbal commands to stop the vehicle. The driver suddenly accelerated backwards toward the officers and the officers fired several shots at the truck.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ALAMEDA, Calif. \u2014 At approximately 10:00 p.m. (PDT) on Thursday, Coast Guard security personnel standing watch on Coast Guard Island observed a vehicle driving erratically and attempting to weaponize the vehicle to ram into Coast Guard Base Alameda.\u00a0<br>\u2070<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USCG<\/a> personnel issued\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oD8AogSQuo\">pic.twitter.com\/oD8AogSQuo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov\/status\/1981735133439725996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The department stated in the post that the truck driver was \u201cwounded in the stomach and is being held for mental health evaluation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brava.org\/all-events\/tlwhpt2wip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.broadstreetads.com\/assets\/3b830981-bf5b-4a69-be17-312c6dbb14b1.png\" alt=\"10\/16 - 10\/26 The long walk home\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No Coast Guard personnel were injured, two civilians were wounded but are expected to survive, and a bystander who was struck by a fragment and released from the hospital after treatment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Oakland Police Department is assisting the Alameda Police Department in securing the perimeter of the scene. The FBI is the lead agency investigating the incident,\u201d Lee said. \u201cAnd I will continue to gather available information as it becomes accessible.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valenciacyclery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.broadstreetads.com\/assets\/9d07c6db-0fba-4076-8647-cad623bd8409.png\" alt=\"Valencia Cyclery 62325\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-re-more-than-halfway-there\">We&#8217;re more than halfway there!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve raised 2\/3 of our&nbsp;<strong>$300,000 goal<\/strong>&nbsp;to cover immigration for the&nbsp;<strong>next three years of Trump&#8217;s term<\/strong>! More than 500 of you have stepped up since September \u2014 an incredible feat of community support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are humbled. We still have a bit to go: Donate below if you want to keep Mission Local in the courts, reporting on ICE&#8217;s actions in San Francisco.about:blank<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mission-local.donorsupport.co\/-\/XDMXDHVN\">Donate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark>Latest News<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/10\/people-we-meet-the-bullet-lavolta-band-member-is-now-a-vinyl-expert\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pastic1_3304-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"People We Meet: The Bullet LaVolta band member is now a vinyl expert\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/10\/people-we-meet-the-bullet-lavolta-band-member-is-now-a-vinyl-expert\/\">People We Meet: The Bullet LaVolta band member is now a vinyl expert<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/10\/sf-best-bagel-contest\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sesame-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"Forget the mishigas you\u2019ve read: Here\u2019s the real best bagel in S.F.\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/10\/sf-best-bagel-contest\/\">Forget the mishigas you\u2019ve read: Here\u2019s the real best bagel in S.F.<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/10\/sf-sunset-gold-mirror-reopens\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3gold-mirror--1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"Old-school Italian restaurant Gold Mirror returns after two-year remodel\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/10\/sf-sunset-gold-mirror-reopens\/\">Old-school Italian restaurant Gold Mirror returns after two-year remodel<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/xueerl\/\">Xueer Lu<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:xueer@missionlocal.com\">xueer@missionlocal.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I work on data and cover City Hall. I graduated from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism with a Master&#8217;s Degree in May 2023. In my downtime, I enjoy cooking, photography, and scuba diving.<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/xueerl\/\">More by Xueer Lu<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joee\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joee\/\">Joe Eskenazi<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:getbackjoejoe@gmail.com\">getbackjoejoe@gmail.com<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EskSF\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Managing Editor\/Columnist. Joe was born in San Francisco, raised in the Bay Area, and attended U.C. Berkeley. He never left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYour humble narrator\u201d was a writer and columnist for SF Weekly from 2007 to 2015, and a senior editor at San Francisco Magazine from 2015 to 2017. You may also have read his work in the Guardian (U.S. and U.K.); San Francisco Public Press; San Francisco Chronicle; San Francisco Examiner; Dallas Morning News; and elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He resides in the Excelsior with his wife and three (!) kids, 4.3 miles from his birthplace and 5,474 from hers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Northern California branch of the Society of Professional Journalists named Eskenazi the 2019 Journalist of the Year.<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joee\/\">More by Joe Eskenazi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Xueer Lu\u00a0and\u00a0Joe Eskenazi October 24, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in a press release on Friday that she has been told by Alameda County\u2019s sheriff that ICE and border patrol operations have been called off for the rest of the Bay Area&nbsp;in addition to San Francisco.&nbsp; \u201cI spoke&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/federal-immigration-surge-called-off-across-greater-bay-area\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44738"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44739,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44738\/revisions\/44739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}