Trump Administration Targets Cities With ICE Enforcement

The Trump administration planned an October 23 ICE and Border Patrol surge into San Francisco and other left-leaning cities, but private calls by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Mayor Daniel Lurie reportedly stopped the deployment. The article cites a 12,000-agent ICE hiring push and recent fatal encounters in Minneapolis (Renee Good, Jan. 7) and Alex Pretti (Jan. 25, 2026), warning the Bay Area narrowly avoided similar violence and remains at risk.