SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Federal agent operations have reportedly been canceled for the entire Bay Area, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announced Friday.
This comes as protests continue Friday after shots were fired at the entrance to the Alameda Coast Guard base when a U-Haul truck attempted to reverse into the gate. Two people were injured in the Thursday night incident and the FBI is investigating.
Federal agents arrived in the Bay Area Thursday, leading to protests at the base. Dozens of CHP officers wearing riot gear tried to disperse a crowd of protestors at the entrance to allow civilian employees to leave, which resulted in two people being detained and taken away.
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Federal agents are arriving at the Coast Guard Base in Alameda Thursday morning.
They were met by a group of protesters at the entrance to the island around 7:14 a.m. U.S. Coast Guard security forces had to use flash bangs to get the vehicles through the group of protesters.
Many of the protesters were holding signs or in masks and were walking back and forth at the crosswalk.
Bay Area activists are planning peaceful protests over the deployment.
Thousands of people logged onto Zoom Wednesday night for a call to action titled - Stay Out of the Bay. The group Bay Resistance is organizing a rally and march for Thursday in San Francisco to push back ON the presence of Border Patrol agents in the region.
We spoke with Bill Hing, Professor of Law and Migration Studies at USF, about the heightened fear among the immigrant community.
"I'll be honest with you, many of my students are going to neighborhoods, and Home Depot parking lots and handing out information, we've done know your rights presentations at car washes and schools," Hing said.
ABC7 asked Hing about the difference between Border Patrol and ICE.
"The Border Patrol and ICE agents can arrest people if they have good reason to believe the person is undocumented," Hing said.
The Trump Administration has already sent federal law enforcement to Portland, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
"The way I would describe it is a combination of fear, and a combination of hope that something different will happen, but honestly, I think things are going to get worse in the Bay Area before it gets better," Hing said.
ABC7 News spoke with Gabriel Medina, Executive Director of La Raza Community Resource Center.
"We've been holding the line for power, not panic, for a long time but I think the threats and the messaging changed in the sense that we're advising everyone to stay home tomorrow," Medina said.
In the South Bay, ABC7 News spoke to Huy Tran, executive director of the nonprofit SIREN, who said regardless of which federal agency is deployed in the Bay Area - they want to make their discontent known.
"Protest is most powerful when it stays peaceful," Tran said. He went on to say, "When violence breaks out, they are going to hyper focus on that one incident and they're going to say this is the justification to now send in National Guard troops."
Along with a protest Thursday evening, Bay Resistance is organizing an afternoon rally in San Francisco with a coalition of community groups.
Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection are being dispatched to Coast Guard Base Alameda within the next 24 hours, according to base officials.
ABC News confirmed with a source familiar with the plans that the agents are part of an "immigration surge operation."
"This support of DHS agencies continues the Coast Guard's operations to control, secure, and defend U.S. borders and maritime approaches," said Coast Guard spokesperson. "Through a whole-of-government approach, we are leveraging our unique authorities and capabilities to detect, deter, and interdict illegal aliens, narco-terrorists, and individuals intent on terrorism or other hostile activity before they reach our border."
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Luried held a press conference Wednesday detailing how the city was preparing for the federal immigration operation in the city.
San Francisco law enforcement officials and multiple supervisors stood around Lurie as he gave his speech.
"This doesn't make our city safer, it terrorizes our communities," Lurie said. "We don't exactly know what the federal government is planning in San Francisco and across the Bay Area, but we do know this federal administration has a playbook in cities across the country."
Lurie urged the public to remain calm and protest peacefully.
"If federal officials come to incite chaos on the streets of San Francisco, the way to support our communities and keep everyone in our city safe is to make our voices heard peacefully," he said. "Violence and destruction will only open the door to a more aggressive response, and that puts our communities at greater risk."
Lurie also announced that he signed an executive directive Wednesday designed to prepare for the impacts related to the deployment of federal troops to the city. The directive includes actions to bolster support for immigrant communities and also coordinate local law enforcement and the city's Department of Emergency Management to help promote public safety.
