Less than an hour after President Donald Trump called off an immigration enforcement surge in San Francisco, Oakland leaders held a press conference to calm residents and let them know officials are prepared if the administration still moves ahead with operations in the East Bay.

But what exactly a federal surge in Oakland or other cities would look like is anyone’s guess.

Facing a packed conference room in Oakland City Hall, Mayor Barbara Lee acknowledged she has “no information we can bring to you today” about the federal administration’s plans.

“The federal administration, of course, has escalated its rhetoric and its enforcement posture in the Bay Area,” Lee said. “We know border patrol agents are being stationed on the Coast Guard Island, but let me be clear, we are fully prepared.

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