Video clips from San Bernardino captured the tense moments during an immigration operation at a Home Depot on Thursday.

Witnesses said more than six SUVs pulled up with armed federal agents in the back of the Home Depot parking lot on 21st Street near the 210 Freeway.

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More than a dozen day laborers who gathered in the area earlier began to run as soon as they saw the federal agents, according to the witnesses.

Several witnesses shared cellphone video clips with NBC Los Angeles as the dramatic scene unfolded at around 9 a.m. At least one person can be seen in the video being detained by what appears to be federal agents.

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