Eight people were arrested Thursday morning in a Border Patrol operation outside a Home Depot store in Westlake, the site of previous raids during a summer of heightened immigration enforcement activity in Los Angeles.

The arrests included people in the country illegally from Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security said. Video showed armed agents in tactical gear get out of unmarked vans on a street with several other businesses and street vendors just southeast of the store.

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"Three of those arrested had extensive rap sheets for crimes including visa overstay, possession of a controlled substance and grand theft," the DHS said in a statement. "One individual also had a final order of

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