As Friday night continued, another large crowd gathered outside of a parking lot in Chinatown where federal agents appeared to be staging. SkyCal was overhead as agents formed a perimeter around the lot and moved the crowd from the area.

A local immigrant rights organization said more than 45 people were detained in the operations, which were described as “random sweeps.”

Surprise U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps in Downtown Los Angeles prompted fierce pushback from elected officials and protesters, who decried the action as "cruel and unnecessary."