Helmeted police in riot gear turned out on Friday evening in a tense confrontation with protesters in downtown Los Angeles, after a day of federal immigration raids in which dozens of people across the city were reported to be taken into custody.

The Los Angeles Times reports that 44 people were administratively arrested on Friday—with an additional detainment stemming from an obstruction accusation—citing Yasmeen Pitts O'Keefe, spokesperson for Homeland Security Investigations. Newsweek also reached out to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) via email Friday.

The right to assemble and protest does not include a license to attack law enforcement officers, or to impede and obstruct our lawful immigration operations,” Dan Bondingo wrote on X.