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Home Depot stores, long a hub for day laborers, now draw immigration agents out on raids
Federal immigration raids at Southern California Home Depot stores have led to arrests and safety incidents, with foot traffic down over 10% in June and July, according to analytics firm Placer.ai.
- Home Depot parking lots have become prime targets for immigration agents to conduct raids and round up immigrant day laborers.
- Immigrant advocates have sued over the raids but the Supreme Court cleared the way for federal agents to continue conducting sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles for now.
- Activists and day laborers have resorted to using whistles, megaphones, and two-way radios to warn each other about potential raids.
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Home Depot stores, long a hub for day laborers, now draw immigration agents out on raids - The Boston Globe
Home Depot stores in Southern California have long been an informal job-seeking hub for day laborers in the country both legally and illegally. Now the locations have become a prime target for immigration agents.
How this Home Depot in Southern California became a hotbed for ICE raids
At a Home Depot parking lot, a man patrols on a bicycle for federal immigration agents, toting a megaphone on his hip so he can blast a warning to day laborers waiting to land a landscaping or construction job.The workers from Mexico, El Salvador and elsewhere carry whistles to also sound the alarm, while activists swap details over two-way radios about whether cars whizzing by could be unmarked vehicles carrying officers preparing for a raid.Th…
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Home Depot stores, long a hub for day laborers, now draw immigration agents out on raids
Home Depot stores in Southern California have long been an informal hub for day laborers in the country both legally and illegally who are seeking work.
LOS ANGELES- In the parking lot of a Home Depot, a bicycle patrolman to detect federal immigration agents.He has a megaphone on his hip to warn day laborers who expect to get a gardening or construction job.Workers, originally from Mexico, El Salvador and elsewhere, also carry whistles to sound the alarm, while activists exchange details for bidirectional radios about whether cars passing at full speed could be unmarked vehicles that transport a…
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