ENCINITAS, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A video showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting a parent near an elementary school in Encinitas has sparked concern across the North County community.

The detainment occurred on Wednesday morning during school drop-off hours, just two blocks from Park Dale Lane Elementary School. It involved ICE and ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) agents taking a man into custody.

Jessie Conn, a parent from the Encinitas Union School District, described the arrest near a local school as devastating for the family involved. She saw the commotion while on her way to work and stopped to see what was going on.

"The crossing guard that stands here was told [by ICE] to divert children around this mayhem that was happening,"

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