Lawyers and relatives of the immigrants detained in a series of workplace raids in Los Angeles were rushing to locate them and intervene before removal.

Demonstrators are gathering in New York City’s Foley Square in lower Manhattan Tuesday evening protesting recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids around the country. The NYPD is closely monitoring the situation telling News 4 they’re well prepared and well equipped to keep the situation peaceful.

Across the country, marchers similarly took to the streets in New York City in an anti-ICE protest that began in Foley Square, across from where immigration enforcement operations have been centered. Protests have have also been seen in San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and more.

Anti-ICE demonstrators and DHS officers played cat-and-mouse for more than eight hours Tuesday outside the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle.