Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Thursday evening, marching and chanting in front of San Jose City Hall to protest a reported federal immigration crackdown in the Bay Area, capping a day that saw an abrupt turnaround on plans to send agents to the region and a dramatic standoff in the East Bay.

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The demonstration followed earlier clashes between protesters and federal personnel in Oakland over a reported influx of over 100 federal agents into the Bay Area. After the demonstrations had already begun early Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that he would back down from a planned deployment into San Francisco.

Still, as the sun waned Thursday afternoon, it was unclear whether the rest of the Bay Area would also be free from federal enforcement efforts, and protest

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