Several day laborers were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Friday morning at the parking lot of a Home Depot location in the Westlake District of Los Angeles.

Video clips from the scene showed officials with the Homeland Security Investigations division handcuffed people near 6th Street and Burlington Avenue near MacArthur Park.

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“My friend started yelling, ‘ICE, ICE, ICE,’” one witness described. “I thought he was joking, but he wasn’t. Then I saw all the day laborers starting to run.”

It’s not clear how many people were detained.

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