🔗 Share this article Trump Administration Ready to Send Numerous Federal Agents to San Francisco The Trump administration seemed ready on Wednesday to send numerous of law enforcement personnel to the northern California for a large-scale crackdown on immigration, triggering criticism from California leaders. Specifics of the Deployment Information of the deployment were gradually becoming clear, but it will reportedly involve approximately 100+ law enforcement personnel, as reported. The officers are expected to begin occupying the Coast Guard facility in the East Bay, across the bay from San Francisco. It remained unclear whether military personnel would participate. Government Response The deployment comes after weeks of threats by the administration to take action against the progressive municipality. Governor Gavin Newsom denounced the decision, labeling it “straight from the dictator’s handbook”. “He deploys covered agents, he deploys customs officers, he sends out ICE, he creates worry and terror in the population so that he can take credit for addressing that by sending in the state troops,” Newsom said. “This is no different than the incendiary extinguishing the blaze.” Municipal Readiness San Francisco is the newest metropolitan center singled out by Donald Trump’s campaign of mass immigration arrests. The mission is expected to trigger a showdown between the White House and local leaders who have committed to block armed border control in the city. San Franciscans have been readying for weeks for Trump to make good on repeated threats to send troops to the city. At a Wednesday public announcement, San Francisco’s mayor reiterated that the city was ready. “During this period, we have been anticipating the likelihood of a potential government operation in our city,” declared the leader, explaining that he had enacted new policies on Wednesday to “enhance the city’s support for our foreign-born residents, and make certain our departments are coordinated ahead of any federal deployment.” Constitutional Framework In spite of legal challenges to missions in a multiple urban areas, including the Windy City, the Pacific Northwest and Southern California, Trump has asserted “absolute authority” to send the military forces in cities, citing the presidential authority which allows presidents specific authority to deploy troops on US soil. Local Response The governor, who was formerly as San Francisco’s city leader – had vowed to take action “immediately” to a mission in the city. “The concept that the national administration can dispatch personnel into our cities with no justification supported by evidence, no supervision, no answerability, no consideration of regional control – it represents an infringement on the judicial framework,” he said on Wednesday. Public associations, including social justice nonprofits created during the previous presidential term, have prepped to swiftly gather a public demonstration in the city, as well as vigils at local libraries. Local Effect In San Francisco’s Mission district, a mostly Latin American neighborhood, elected official informed journalists last week she and her constituents had been preparing for this situation. “The time that people stop going to work, when people of color can’t freely walk outside without the apprehension of Trump’s federal agents discriminating against and detaining them, the time when students avoid classrooms, are too scared to go to the grocery store or physician,” she said. “Our ongoing preparations in the Mission is basically a halt the likes of which we have not witnessed since Covid.” National Guard Status About 300 out of several thousand California national guard troops continue under national command under an directive from Trump. About 200 of them had been sent to the neighboring state, where they were staying in standby in the midst of a legal battle over their assignment. This week, Newsom said he had requested the local soldiers under his command to operate distribution centers throughout the federal closure.