Overview
- Trump said he has canceled, for now, the weekend escalation in San Francisco and wrote that no increased federal presence will occur on Saturday.
- The pause follows Trump’s claim that local contacts, including NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff, urged him not to proceed.
- Reports indicated at least 100 federal agents, including CBP personnel, were preparing to stage at the Alameda Coast Guard base for Bay Area operations.
- Mayor Daniel Lurie put the city on maximum alert and signed an executive directive reinforcing sanctuary policies that limit local cooperation on civil immigration enforcement.
- California leaders signaled potential legal action against any militarized deployment, while federal raids continue in other cities, including a recent New York operation that arrested nine people.