DANBURY, Conn. (WFSB) - Federal immigration agents have been detaining people across Danbury for four consecutive days, with the mayor estimating Wednesday that about 50 people had been detained. That figure did not include any detentions from Thursday.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been spotted throughout the city since Monday, according to witnesses.On West Street Thursday afternoon, a man was pulled over and taken out of his pickup truck by federal ICE agents, who brought him into a law enforcement vehicle. A group of activists said they had been tracking a black Dodge Durango driven by ICE agents and witnessed the arrest from across the street.“We were following this Durango for some time because we know they’re looking for people to take. We saw him pull over this truck here, and then, soon after, three other ICE vehicles came behind him. They opened the door and aggressively pulled the man out of the vehicle, instructing him to go into their car. Now, you can see over there—that’s his truck sitting right there, abandoned,” said Mars Rodriguez, who witnessed the arrest.The man’s truck remained parked at the scene afterward.His fiancé Kimberly identified him as Johnny Ojeda.“It’s just so sad, sorry. It’s just so sad because he had nothing criminal going on. He pays his taxes every year. He has a lawyer. He does everything right,” she said.She added that he is from Ecuador but has lived in the United States for five years.She said he is a construction worker who was on his way home from a project when he was pulled over and detained.“One of his coworkers said they saw his truck just in some random parking lot. Because of everything going on, and all the craziness in the past couple of days, his aunt called me,” she continued. “I miss him already and that I love him a lot, and that’s when I hope he’s doing okay.”Other video taken Thursday morning near Crofut Street and Lake Avenue showed several ICE agents in that area.On Monday, ICE agents swarmed the area around Kennedy Park before Maria Rivera had opened her store for the day. Rivera’s security camera captured an agent’s encounter with a man on her business’s front steps. In the video, the man appears to struggle before falling to the ground.“It’s been awful because I’ve seen through my cameras that they are just throwing them, kicking them and putting their knees on their heads. They’re treating them like animals, and that’s not right,” said Rivera, owner of Botanica Yemaya. “It’s hurtful. It’s not human to see that people can treat other people like that, you know? It’s very sad.”Several people told Channel 3 that the area around Kennedy Park used to draw upwards of 200 immigrant day laborers looking for work each morning. They said most immigrants have since learned the area is no longer safe for them.On Tuesday and Wednesday, ICE agents waited for parents at school bus stops and at a daycare center.Rivera said people are now too afraid to shop at her store or visit other businesses in the neighborhood, including a nearby auto body shop.“They’re scared to come to work. There’s this guy who I have to deliver a title, and he wants me to bring it to his house. He doesn’t want to stop by and pick it up,” said Jeremias Padilla, owner of USM Discount Muffler and Brake.“This has to stop. Get the bad people. Don’t get the people that want to work, that want to feed their family. They want to send money to their family over in their country, you know? Leave them alone. Get the bad people,” Rivera said.It is unclear whether ICE is targeting undocumented immigrants or people accused of committing other crimes.Around this time last year, ICE arrested 65 people across Connecticut in what had been the agency’s largest operation in the state. Afterward, some of those arrested were charged with kidnapping, assault, and drug and sex crimes.Attorney General William Tong says ICE hasn’t told the state why they’re in Connecticut. He added that he is looking at every legal avenue available to hold the Trump administration accountable.Immigration and Customs Enforcement has declined to comment about its presence in Danbury.Copyright 2026 WFSB. All rights reserved.