Immigration enforcement operations involving Homeland Security Investigations, the DEA and the FBI are underway Friday in the Westlake District, downtown Los Angeles, and South Los Angeles.

Yasmeen Pitts O'Keefe, a spokesperson for HSI said federal agents were executing search warrants in downtown Los Angeles related to the "harboring of people illegally in the country."

Witness video and SKYCal aerial footage showed federal agents detaining people outside a Home Depot in the Westlake District, as well as outside a business in downtown LA.

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said the department is aware that ICE is conducting operations in the city, but that it is not involved and will not assist in any sort of mass deportations.

"I'm aware that these actions cause anxiet

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