Overview
- Hoover Elementary and the nearby Harriet Tubman Preschool activated secure-school protocols between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m., and some students were sent home early.
- Oakland Unified School District said agents were last seen near 31st and Market streets and notified families that students on campus were safe.
- Alameda County’s rapid response hotline confirmed ICE and DHS personnel were in the neighborhood, reported no entry onto school grounds, and said it knew of no ICE-related arrests.
- Councilmember Carroll Fife relayed accounts of a Tuesday vehicle chase that ended in a crash and of neighbors surrounding federal vehicles, with key details still unverified.
- Mayor Barbara Lee said her office contacted school district and police officials and condemned the operation, while ICE did not confirm activity and referred to prior guidance denying school targeting.