CHP arrests 1 outside Coast Guard Island
Tensions eased late Thursday afternoon outside Coast Guard Island after President Donald Trump backed off his plan for a federal immigration surge in the Bay Area. However, some protesters clashed with local law enforcement officers in riot gear who were dispatched to clear the intersection outside the base. One person was arrested.
ALAMEDA, Calif. – A team of federal agents from multiple agencies began arriving Thursday at Coast Guard Island in Alameda as part of President Donald Trump’s continued crackdown on immigration across the U.S. Protesters gathered outside the base, holding signs and chanting for the agents to leave.
Hours later, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and Trump later announced that the planned federal immigration surge had been called off for San Francisco.
KTVU later confirmed the operation was canceled for the entire Bay Area.
Before the cancellation, a federal source who requested anonymity confirmed that roughly 100 U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents had been sent to the region to conduct an operation targeting “pre-identified” targets. Those locations might have included Home Depots around the Bay Area, as there are often undocumented immigrants there. Border Patrol is the law enforcement arm of CBP.
Those plans were scrapped once the surge was paused.
Trump and his administration have repeatedly threatened to send federal agents and National Guard troops into San Francisco and other cities, as the federal government has done in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland.
“We’re going to go to San Francisco. The difference is I think they want us in San Francisco,” Trump told Fox News on Sunday. “San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world. And then 15 years ago it went wrong. It went woke.”
Follow along here for live updates throughout the day.
OCT. 23, 2025
Aerial view of Coast Guard Island in Alameda.
10:00 p.m.
Law enforcement opened fire on a U-Haul truck on Coast Guard Island Thursday night. Video shows the U-Haul truck accelerating backwards towards a line of armed law enforcement personnel.
KTVU cameras caught what appeared to be several shots fired by law enforcement towards the U-Haul during the clash. It was not immediately known whether the officers were firing lethal or non-lethal rounds.
5:20 p.m.
A separate group of protesters marched from Oakland’s Fruitvale District to join about 100 to 150 demonstrators already gathered at the entrance of Coast Guard Island.
4:03 p.m.
KTVU learned from a source that Oakland police and Alameda County sheriff’s deputies were asked to clear the intersection outside Coast Guard Island but those agencies declined to intervene. That’s why the California Highway Patrol was called in.
3:50 p.m.
California Highway Patrol officers have left the area outside Coast Guard Island after clearing the roadway.
3:40 p.m.
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said she has not had any communication with the White House or the Department of Homeland Security about the now-scrapped federal immigration surge in the Bay Area.
Lee said she is open to talks with President Trump and members of his administration.
“I will engage with anyone, at any level of government, to protect Oakland residents, as long as it respects our community’s values and constitutional rights,” the mayor said.
2:46 p.m.
Officers arrested one person during the protest.
2:35 p.m.
California Highway Patrol officers arrived outside Coast Guard Island in riot gear as they attempted to clear protesters from the area. The Coast Guard base is in Alameda but borders Oakland, where the protesters had gathered.
12:40 p.m.
At a news conference of his own, Trump indicated that “Marc” had called him to stay out of San Francisco, implying that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff had been part of the equation.
Benioff received a lot of heat last week, when he told the New York Times that he approved of Trump sending in the National Guard to San Francisco.
Noon
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie held a news conference where he said the White House affirmed that federal troops will not be sent to the city.
This comes after a late night phone call between Lurie and the president, where Trump expressed concerns about San Francisco’s handling of crime and immigration. Lurie said he told the president the situation is under control, noting that violent crime has dropped 30% from last year and homicides are at a 70-year low.
11:39 a.m.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom cautioned that this is likely not the end of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to target the Golden State.
At a Yes on Proposition 50 news conference, Newsom said residents should be wary of Trump’s “pause,” noting that the president changes his “mind on an hourly basis.”
11:00 a.m.
A White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt said that the Trump administration is pausing its federal immigration operation in the San Francisco Bay Area.
“The president’s conversation with the San Francisco mayor last night and his statement prove the president is willing to work with anyone across the aisle, across the country to do the right thing, to clean up America’s cities,” Leavitt said.
The press secretary added, ” he heard from the mayor [Lurie] last night that he’s going to try to make his city better on his own. He said, ‘Okay we’ll give you a chance. We’ll be watching, and if you need us we’re here. And if I feel you continue to fail your citizens, the federal government may have to step in.’ We’ll continue to watch San Francisco, that law enforcement operation has now been paused.”
10:31 a.m.
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi praised Lurie for him intercepting the federal surge.
“In his handling of a potential federal deployment in our City that resulted in the President calling off the operation, Mayor Lurie has underscored that public safety must be driven by local priorities, respectful of our values and communities,” she said.
Dozens of California Highway Patrol officers donning riot gear faced off with demonstrators protesting against a surge of federal immigration officers in the Bay Area at the entrance to Coast Guard Island in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, October 23, 2025. (Jaden Schaul / KTVU)
10:30 a.m.
East Bay leaders including Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon, State Sen. Jessee Arreguin, Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks and Mia Bonta and Alameda County Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas held a news conference to talk about the federal immigration enforcement in the Bay Area.
“I think you all have seen that, in San Francisco, Mayor Lurie received a call from Donald Trump indicating that, San Francisco was no longer on his list,” Lee said. “That does not mean we are not prepared. We have no idea. This is very fluid. And so there there’s no information we can bring to you today to bring you up to date on what plans they have in place.”
Lee said that Border Patrol agents are being stationed at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, and Oakland is “fully prepared.”
She reiterated that the Oakland Police Department “does not, and will not assist with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That policy stands firm, and our assistance chief will outline exactly how we are upholding it under tremendous pressure.”
She then urged citizens not to “take the bait,” and said that “violent behavior toward anyone — police officers, people, individuals – that’s not tolerated in Oakland.”
10:03 a.m.
President Trump confirmed on Truth Social that he spoke with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and is giving San Francisco the chance to “turn it around,” though the president believes a federal surge would do the fix.
“I told him I think he is making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove.”
9:30 a.m.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said he received a phone call from President Trump, who said he was “calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reaffirmed that direction in our conversation this morning.”
Lurie said he will monitor the situation and will remain “prepared for any scenario.”
“I am profoundly grateful to all the San Franciscans who came together over the last several days. Our city leaders have been united behind the goal of public safety. And our values have been on full display—this is the best of our city.”
Protesters asurrounds a Border Patrol vehicle entering Coast Guard Island in Alameda. Oct. 23, 2025
9 a.m.
The California GOP issued a statement in support of President Trump.
“Republicans support the president. San Francisco has sadly accepted conditions in the city. Market Street is a zombie apocalypse of slumped over drug addicts, supplied by all reports by illegal immigrants. America’s most beautiful city deserves better. Hopefully the president’s assistance will help restore order.”
8 a.m.
Roughly 200 to 300 protesters singing and chanting in front of the entrance to Coast Guard Island Alameda. While the crowd is bigger, the tone is less tense after a previous scuffle with Border Patrol.
There were clowns and balloon artists protesting in the street.
Two protesters were injured, one said he was hit by a Border Patrol vehicle, another man, local reverend Jorge Bautista, said was affected by a smoke bomb.
7:15 a.m.
A protester holds an ICE Out Now sign at Coast Guard Island Alameda. Oct. 23, 2025
Protesters start yelling, and there is some pushing and shoving.
Protesters surround a Border Patrol vehicle entering the island. Protesters were seen banging on the windows of the truck, and it appeared as though someone might have thrown a hot drink at the truck as well.
Law enforcement officers were seen deploying flash bangs into the crowd. It wasn’t clear if they were Border Patrol or Coast Guard police officers who deployed the devices.
Jorge Bautista, a local pastor from Oakland, had a smoke bomb go off in his face. He said he was protesting peacefully.
“I came to say we’re here in peace,” he said. “And he didn’t care. There is nothing else to say, clearly he wanted to cause harm to me.”
About 100 protesters walked in a circle at the entrance of Coast Guard Island, carrying signs that read “Our Families Belong Together,” and singing.
Reverend Deborah Lee was one of the protesters, who said she deplored this immigration enforcement activity.
“That’s why we have to come out and say no,” she said.
Traffic was at a standstill along the Embarcadero at Coast Guard Island in Alameda.
6:20 a.m.
Authorities deploy flash bang devices to quell protesters at Coast Guard Island. Oct. 23, 2025
Woman said a daycare on the island was closed because of “expected activity” regarding the protests.
About two dozen protesters showed up at Coast Guard Island.
5 a.m.
A small group of protesters stood outside the Coast Guard Island in Alameda as immigration agents were set to be deployed. Oct. 22, 2025
One man stood outside the Coast Guard Island Bridge in Alameda with a sign that read “ICE Out Now” early Thursday morning. Another man held a sign that read “Shame on You.”
It appears as though dozens of civilian vehicles drove through the main entrance of Coast Guard Island, on the border of the Oakland/Alameda city line. Some of the drivers have been aggressively swerving around the protesters and revving their engines as they drove past.
Coast Guard police were seen removing some of the large rocks and concrete blocks that protesters laid out in front of the entrance Wednesday night.
Coast Guard police remove rocks that protesters put at the entrance of Coast Guard Island in Alameda. Oct. 23, 2025
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story said protesters threw rocks at a Border Patrol vehicle.
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