Trump won't deploy federal troops to San Francisco
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The agents are being sent to the San Francisco area as part of Trump's immigration crackdown, the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The San Francisco district attorney said in an interview that she came up with the strategy after seeing federal agents repeatedly roughing up people in Los Angeles and Chicago.
DA Brooke Jenkins said she doesn't believe federal agents being sent as part of a massive surge into San Francisco are interested in targeting criminals, but want to sow fear.
Trump has claimed “unquestioned power” and indicated he could justify deploying federal troops to San Francisco under the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that gives the federal government authority to suppress a rebellion or civil unrest.