WESTLAKE, LOS ANGELES — Several people were reportedly taken into custody after federal agents stormed a Home Depot parking lot in the Westlake area of Los Angeles Wednesday morning.

The immigration raid happened just before 7 a.m. outside the store on Wilshire Boulevard, according to witnesses who watched it unfold.

Video taken from the scene shows agents loading several people into the back of a Penske rental truck.

“They kidnapped approximately 10 people that we’re hearing (about.) We’ve been talking to the community members and the vendors and the day laborers that are here,” said Tony Carfello, an organizer with the LA Tenants Union.

The Department of Homeland Security has not confirmed how many people were taken.

“[They] blocked off a portion of the parking lot and started indiscriminately grabbing whoever they could, and they took people out here just trying to make money and trying to survive and trying to work and take care of themselves,” Carfello added.

One of the people who was taken is the sister of a street vendor who was helping her set up a food stand in the morning. That street vendor told Eyewitness News off-camera that the agents ran over to them, but only took her sister.

She added her sister has been in the country for 13 years and has children, but never had any problems with law enforcement.

Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in a post on X said the federal government is proceeding with immigration raids.

“For those who thought immigration enforcement had stopped in Southern California, think again. The enforcement of federal law is not negotiable, and there are no sanctuaries from the reach of the federal government,” Essayli said.

This comes after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld maintaining a temporary restraining order against indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven Southern California counties, including L.A.

Last month, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting immigration agents from stopping individuals without reasonable suspicion.

The order also barred agents from relying solely on factors such as race and ethnicity, speaking with an accent or being at locations such as bus stops, car washes or agricultural sites as a basis for detaining people.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ office issued the following statement in response to Wednesday’s raid:

“For months federal agents have been masking themselves and now they’re using rental trucks to conduct their seemingly discriminatory raids – these tactics are dangerous. The Federal court of appeals made clear that it is unconstitutional in this country to racially profile people and snatch them from worksites. The City is gathering information about these reported raids and considering all legal options. Tactics like this are un-American and we will never accept these terrorizing ploys as a new normal.”

Penske also weighed in on the use of its vehicle during the raid, saying the company “strictly prohibits the transportation of people in the cargo area of its vehicles under any circumstances.”