DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The advocacy group League of United Latin American Citizens called for an investigation after reports surfaced of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding families in detention at a federal building in downtown Los Angeles.

Images shared by LULAC showed several people being detained by authorities.

LULAC after it learned as many as 200 people, including children, were in the custody of ICE at the Edward R. Roybal building, located between Temple Street and the 101 Freeway.

The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to ABC7's request for comment.

"These are very disturbing reports from LA's Roybal Federal Building," Rep. Jimmy Gomez said in a statement posted on the social media site X. "Law-abiding asylum seekers - many with

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