President Trump Abandons Proposal to Dispatch National Agents to San Francisco Bay Area
The US leader has scrapped plans for a assignment of federal troops to the Bay region that had sparked widespread condemnation from state officials and sent demonstrators flooding into the public areas.
Area Concern Over Possible Government Presence
The locale had been anxious after reports circulated that the government was ready to send approximately 150 border control and government personnel to the US Coast Guard base in the East Bay, as part of a major immigration enforcement initiative.
Presidential Decision Following Discussions
However, the president declared he would not proceed with a “surge” of federal forces in the area after conversing with the city leader, city leadership, and Silicon Valley figures including tech executive and Jensen Huang.
“During our discussion, the chief executive told me explicitly that he was terminating all arrangements for a federal deployment in the city,” Lurie stated in a release.
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