Social media was flooded today with rumors of federal agents being sent to Coast Guard Island in Alameda to prepare for massive immigration sweeps. Then the San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing a single, unnamed source “familiar with the operation,” that the Trump administration has deployed 100 federal agents, including Customs and Border Protection, to the Coast Guard Base in Alameda.

The New York Times confirmed the story after speaking with three people with direct knowledge of the operation, reporting today that Border Patrol agents are headed to the Bay Area as part of an immigration crackdown.

President Donald Trump’s recent threats to order the National Guard into San Francisco have had the whole region on edge, wondering if the Bay Area is about to experience the kind of

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