🔗 Share this article Federal Government Poised to Deploy Numerous Law Enforcement to the Bay Area The federal government seemed ready on Wednesday to send numerous of federal agents to the San Francisco Bay Area for a significant crackdown on immigration, sparking condemnation from state officials. Specifics of the Operation Information of the mission were still emerging, but it will reportedly involve more than 100 government officers, as reported. The officers are expected to begin occupying the Coast Guard facility in Alameda, opposite San Francisco. It remained unclear whether state soldiers would participate. Government Response The mission follows weeks of threats by Donald Trump to focus on the progressive municipality. Governor Gavin Newsom denounced the action, labeling it “straight from the dictator’s handbook”. “He dispatches unidentified officers, he dispatches border agents, he deploys immigration officials, he instills worry and terror in the neighborhood so that he can take credit for addressing that by deploying the national guard,” he declared. “This mirrors the arsonist putting out the fire.” Local Readiness San Francisco is the latest major city singled out by Donald Trump’s campaign of mass immigration arrests. The operation is expected to trigger a showdown between the federal government and local leaders who have vowed to block paramilitary operations in the city. San Franciscans have been preparing for months for Trump to fulfill frequent statements to send troops to the city. At a Wednesday media briefing, San Francisco’s city leader emphasized that the city was ready. “Over recent weeks, we have been expecting the chance of a potential federal deployment in our city,” said the mayor, adding that he had enacted new policies on Wednesday to “strengthen the city’s assistance to our immigrant communities, and ensure our offices are coordinated before any government operation.” Constitutional Background Despite legal challenges to missions in a number of cities, including Illinois, Portland and Los Angeles, Trump has declared “unquestioned power” to send the military forces in cities, referencing the federal statute which allows presidents certain rights to deploy troops on American territory. Public Preparation Newsom – who once held office as San Francisco’s city leader – had committed to intervene “right away” to a mission in the city. “The idea that the White House can dispatch personnel into our cities with no legitimate cause supported by evidence, no supervision, no accountability, disregard for local authority – it’s a direct assault on the legal system,” he said on Wednesday. Community groups, including civil rights groups formed in the first Trump administration, have prepared to rapidly assemble a large protest in the city, as well as vigils at community centers. Neighborhood Impact In San Francisco’s Mission area, a largely Hispanic population, city supervisor told reporters last week she and her constituents had been bracing for this time. “The time that workers cease employment, when people of color can’t freely walk outside without the concern of government officers discriminating against and arresting them, the time when families keep children home, are too scared to go to the food market or medical provider,” she said. “Our ongoing preparations in the Mission is basically a closure the scale of which we haven’t seen since the pandemic.” Military Status Roughly several hundred out of 4,000 state military personnel continue under national command under an order from Trump. Approximately two hundred of them had been transferred to Oregon, where they were staying in standby amid a legal battle over their deployment. This week, Newsom said he had called the local soldiers under his authority to staff distribution centers throughout the government shutdown.