The mayor-elect of New Orleans said Friday that federal immigration crushing started this week it is already causing damage as encounters between masked agents and residents, including some caught on video, have sparked public backlash.

Frustrated city officials pointed to the case of Jacelynn Guzman, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen who was returning to her Louisiana home from a grocery trip on Wednesday when a pickup truck pulled up next to her and two masked federal agents approached her, according to security footage obtained by The Associated Press.

Guzman began to run when another vehicle arrived and agents chased her down the sidewalk until she reached the family’s home in Marrero, a neighborhood across the Mississippi River from downtown New Orleans. Guzman’s mother has lived there all her life.

“We are legal, we are from here, born and raised,” Guzman shouted to the agents. “Don’t chase me, that’s gross.”

Several hundred agents, led by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovin, converged on southeast Louisiana this week as part of an immigration enforcement operation that aims to arrest 5,000 people. The Department of Homeland Security touted dozens of arrests with limited details released. Many Hispanic residents said they felt their community was at risk of abuse or detention by agents regardless of their legal status.

Joined by city council members, Democratic Rep. Troy Carter, Latino leaders and civil rights advocates, Mayor-elect Helena Moreno expressed “deep concern about the recent actions” of federal agents. She said the operation is causing harm – forcing businesses to close and workers to stay home for fear of mass arrests.

While federal officials have repeatedly said the goal of the operation is to target dangerous criminals who have entered the country illegally, Moreno argued that “that does not appear to be the case.”

Moreno said she is seeking regular public briefings from federal agencies, which she asks include information about stops, detentions, charges, warrants, outcomes and whether any people taken into custody have a violent criminal record.

“Without full visibility into these enforcement actions, it is impossible to determine whether this particular operation is actually targeting the most dangerous offenders,” Moreno said.

Guzman’s stepfather, Juan Anglin, said he understands that federal agents have a job to do, but he believes they are going about it the wrong way.

Anglin heard his stepdaughter screaming outside and went outside to confront the agents. He said she was running from the agents because she was a young woman surrounded by aggressive masked men.

“Honestly, I thought she was going to be kidnapped,” Anglin said. “I thought someone was going to hurt her.”

In response, the Department of Homeland Security said the Border Patrol was looking for “a criminal illegal alien who has been previously charged with theft and convicted of unlawful possession of stolen property.”

DHS said agents “encountered a female matching the description of the target” and that the agents identified themselves and left when they realized Guzman was not who they were looking for.

Anglin disputes the government’s narrative and says she was stopped solely because of her appearance.

“Just because you look brown, you look Hispanic, you’re going to get pulled over,” he said. “Because now it doesn’t matter if you have papers, if you speak English or if you’re a citizen, it’s not enough.”