(KRON) – After days of tension, protests outside Coast Guard Island in Alameda are finally beginning to calm down. On Saturday morning, activists took their message from land to water.
At sunrise, dozens of kayakers paddled across the mouth of the Oakland River, surrounding Coast Guard Island with signs reading “No Ice in Bay,” opposing the deployment of federal immigration agents.
Activist Luna Angulo stated, “Regardless of whether they are here right now or not, ICE is not welcome in our communities. The federal government’s invasion is not welcomed by the people of the Bay Area. We will continue to resist.”
The demonstrators had previously closed the bridge leading to the Coast Guard Island, but the matter has now become clear.
Thursday night, tensions reached a boiling point when federal officers fired non-lethal pepper balls at a person who tried to drive a U-Haul truck through a police line.
Unlike earlier this week, Saturday’s protests remained peaceful.
Activists say they intend to continue the protest, and are now calling on their neighbors to step up as well.
Angulo encouraged neighbors to advocate for immigrant communities by joining a block watch group, rapid response network, or local mutual aid network.
President Trump has said that ICE and National Guard troops will not be deployed to San Francisco itself, but many are still watching closely to see if federal operations could expand to other parts of the Bay Area.
So far, the land protests have ended, but organizers say their movement is not slowing down.
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