U.S. Border Patrol enforcement agents resumed immigration sweeps in Los Angeles on Wednesday. With a new twist. They used a large rental truck to bring agents to the parking lot of a big-box home improvement store to go after illegal aliens at the site.

The Los Angeles Times reported the enforcement action began as a man drove a Penske rental truck close to a group of “day laborers” gathered outside a Home Depot, and asked if anyone was looking for work. As some moved closer to the truck, the Times reported more than half a dozen enforcement agents jumped out of the back. Sixteen arrests were made on the spot, while others fled the scene.

The on-the-spot warning from the U.S. Border Patrol’s sector chief, Gregory Bovino, was, “We’re not leaving.” Bovino has been in charge of Border Patrol enforcement efforts in the Los Angeles area since the government began enforcement sweeps there earlier this year. The Times said he referenced the raid as “Operation Trojan Horse.”

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