Trump calling off troop deployment to San Francisco, mayor says, as protests ramp up in northern California – live

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said that Donald Trump told him late Wednesday evening that he was cancelling plans for a “federal deployment” to the city.

“In that conversation, the president told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reaffirmed that direction in our conversation this morning,” Lurie said in a statement.

San Francisco has been preparing for a major federal immigration enforcement operation after recent media reports indicated the administration planned to send more than 100 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agents to the region. Trump had pledged to deploy the national guard to the city in recent weeks as well.

Lurie said in a statement that during a phone call on Wednesday, he told the president the city was “on the rise” and that a federal deployment would negatively affect San Francisco.

“Visitors are coming back, buildings are getting leased and purchased, and workers are coming back to the office. We have work to do, and we would welcome continued partnerships with the FBI, DEA, ATF, and U.S. Attorney to get drugs and drug dealers off our streets, but having the military and militarized immigration enforcement in our city will hinder our recovery,” Lurie said in a statement.