No ICE immigration operations planned in Bay Area during Super Bowl, officials say

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Officials said that determination are nary planned ICE operations surrounding the Super Bowl week successful the Bay Area, arsenic NFL leaders and instrumentality enforcement held a property conference.

Some of the Bay Area's apical instrumentality enforcement leaders gathered Tuesday, wrapping up 18 months of readying to support Super Bowl play safe.

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"The Super Bowl has been designated again arsenic a SEAR 1 event, that is the second-highest information appraisal standing for a ample peculiar event," NFL Chief of Security Cathy Lanier said.

That designation means that NFL information and section constabulary departments get further enactment from national instrumentality enforcement.

"In the days ahead, determination volition beryllium a important summation successful national personnel, including national instrumentality enforcement, crossed the region. These professionals are present with the circumstantial and strict intent of straight supporting the Super Bowl-related information plans of the cities of Santa Clara, San Francisco and San Jose," said Jeff Branigan, pb national coordinator for the Department of Homeland Security.

Though they wouldn't spell into intricate item connected each of the operations they're conducting, Lanier said that ICE operations are not expected and this DHS concern is normal.

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"There's nary planned ICE enforcement activities; we are assured of that," Lanier said. "Secondly, our Department of Homeland Security, who's been our spouse for much than 20 years now, is made up of much than 20 antithetic departments."

Local instrumentality enforcement -- including constabulary departments from Santa Clara, San Francisco and San Jose -- were besides connected manus for Tuesday's property conference.

Each of them says they person a broad nationalist information program successful spot that addresses a wide scope of scenarios.

They impulse everyone successful the assemblage to study thing suspicious.

"We inquire the nationalist to assistance us," said Chief Cory Morgan of the Santa Clara Police Department. "If you spot something, accidental something. I'm excited for Sunday. It's going to beryllium a beauteous time successful Santa Clara, and we are ready."