Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested at least 28 people this week during a sweep operation in southern Indiana.

The Clarksville Police Department confirmed Friday to WAVE-TV that ICE used its headquarters as a staging area earlier this week. The News and Tribune of Jeffersonville reported Thursday that the detainees were being held in Clark County Jail.

Neighbors reported a significant ICE presence outside the Home Depot in Clarksville on Wednesday, according to WAVE. Sources told the station many Hispanic workers regularly gather there seeking work, but activity was minimal by Friday.

Clarksville Police Chief Nathan Walls confirmed to the News and Tribune on Thursday that ICE, or an agency acting on behalf of ICE, had been in town. He said the Clarksville Police Department wasn't notified of any immigration-related operation Wednesday.

Walls added that although none of the detainees were held or questioned at the Clarksville Police Department, federal officers used the department as a "rendezvous point."

"We had no involvement in what they did yesterday as a department," Walls said. "My officers won't be a part of, you know, casting a net over some area and just rounding up people."

The Clarksville operation came as reports emerged that several Evansville, Indiana, residents were booked into a Kentucky jail after ICE arrests. Evansville is about 120 miles west of Clarksville along the Ohio River.

Online bookings at the Hopkins County Jail in Madisonville, Kentucky, showed three men with Evansville addresses being held there Thursday afternoon, the Evansville Courier and Press reported. That is in addition to at least three others booked Wednesday. All had ICE listed as the arresting agency.

News of an ICE operation in Evansville started on social media early Thursday afternoon, according to the Courier and Press. One post asserted that the stops took place on Washington Avenue and South Riverside Drive, with local law enforcement assisting.

On Thursday, Sgt. Anthony Aussieker, an Evansville Police Department spokesman, told the Courier and Press local police had "not been made aware of any ICE operations." He pointed to previous statements from Police Chief Phil Smith, who has said immigration enforcement is a federal matter, not a local one.

Vanderburgh County Sheriff Noah Robinson told the Courier and Press his office wasn't involved either. As of about 1:30 p.m. Thursday, he said he didn't know which outside jurisdiction was assisting.

"Our involvement with ICE is limited to the statutorily required obligation to honor immigration detainers at our jail," he told the Courier and Press. "We have no agreement, contract, or informal partnership with ICE."

Newsmax has contacted ICE for comment.