As many as 44 people were detained on Friday throughout Los Angeles during chaotic, protest-inducing raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, and a local congressman claims raids by federal officials are being conducted "outside the bounds of the law.”

Speaking to KTLA 5’s Carlos Herrera shortly after a press conference on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) said that he and his federal counterparts are being barred from entering the downtown Los Angeles facility in which people who were detained are believed to be held. Rep. Gomez was among several lawmakers condemning the raids and calling for transparency at the Saturday morning conference.

“We received reports that individuals were being detained here...this place has a capacity of a hundred folks and we heard

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