CNN correspondent Jason Carroll was detained by Los Angeles police while covering protests over federal immigration enforcement.

CNN cameras on Monday caught Carroll being told by police, "You guys aren't under arrest because you're with press, OK? But we have to take you out of the circle where they will direct you in the direction that you need to go, and do not come back, OK?" The officer speaking to Carroll added that if they returned to the area, then they would "be arrested."

Carroll was then told to put his hands behind his back for the officers to escort him and each of his crew members away individually.

"I said, 'Am I being arrested?'" Carroll recalled the incident on CNN after he was escorted away. "He said, 'No, you're not being arrested, you're being detained.'"

"As press, you know, these are some of the things that you – you know, you take a lot of risks as press," Carroll also said. "This is low on that sort of scale of risks, but it is something that I wasn’t expecting simply because we’ve been out here all day. I’ve covered any number of protests, and normally there’s, you know, the officers put the press – realize that the press is there doing a job, so to speak."

CNN told The Hill news outlet that it was “pleased the situation was resolved quickly once the reporting team presented law enforcement with their CNN credentials.”

“CNN will continue to report out the news unfolding in Los Angeles,” the cable media outlet said.

The incident occurred as protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have gone on for four days in Los Angeles and turned violent, resulting in President Trump sending 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to protect federal law enforcement.