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About 200 people stood in an intersection outside the Coast Guard base in Alameda, Calif., where federal agents were said to be arriving to prepare for an immigration enforcement operation.
By Felicia Mello and Soumya Karlamangla
Felicia Mello reported from Alameda, Calif., and Soumya Karlamangla from Oakland, Calif.
Oct. 23, 2025Updated 12:56 p.m. ET
More than 200 protesters demonstrated and tried to block the entrance to Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., on Thursday morning.
Federal officials said on Wednesday that the base was being used as an operations center for federal immigration raids that were expected to start Friday in the San Francisco Bay Area. But Mayor Daniel Lurie of San Francisco said in a statement on Thursday morning that he received assurances from President Trump and Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, that federal agents would not be deployed to his city.
It was unclear whether federal agents still intended to conduct operations elsewhere in the Bay Area.
Around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, federal authorities used crowd-control munitions that caused two loud bangs outside the Alameda base, sending the crowd there scattering momentarily from the roadway where Border Patrol vehicles were trying to enter. At least one man appeared to be injured by what protesters described as a pepper bomb.
Protesters marched in the road intersection and held signs that said “No ICE or Troops in the Bay” and “No Hate No Fear, Immigrants are Welcome Here.” A line of U.S. Coast Guard police officers stood facing the demonstrators outside the entrance to the base, which is on an island linked to the mainland by a bridge.
Neither the Department of Homeland Security nor the Coast Guard could be immediately reached for comment.
