SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are heading to the San Francisco Bay Area for an immigration enforcement operation, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and three officials familiar with the plan.

The agents are planning to gather at the U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda, a military installation near Oakland and across the bay from San Francisco. There has been no indication so far that National Guard troops will be involved.

The Coast Guard said in a statement that its property would serve as a base for Department of Homeland Security agencies starting Wednesday.

“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 ot

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