U.S. News

Armed and masked men leaping out of unmarked vehicles. Latino men taken from their places of work or while waiting for the bus. Street vendors roughly tackled to the ground and forcefully held down.

Since early June, the streets of Los Angeles have borne witness to frequent and aggressive immigration raids that have seen people suspected of being undocumented migrants detained. Some have been rapidly deported.

Footage shows officers from agencies including US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which operate under DHS, arresting people in public spaces, in places of work and outside residences. In some cases, it was unclear what agency officers were with due to a lack of clear identification.

In others, officers can be seen using significant force to detain people. In most cases officers keep their faces covered, concealing their identity. Unmarked vehicles were also used on numerous occasions.