Home Depot caught in crosshairs of L.A. immigrations raids
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An immigration sweep at the Santa Ana Home Depot was one of several reported in Southern California over the past week. The raids led to protests, some of which turned violent in downtown Los Angeles. Law enforcement officers have used flash-bang stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas on the crowds.
At least five carwashes across Los Angeles County and Orange County have been raided since Sunday, according to one labor group.
The White House told ICE to target Home Depot. That has disrupted the company’s symbiotic relationship with the day laborers outside its stores.
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NBC Los Angeles on MSNDay laborers targeted in raid at Santa Ana Home Depot, OC officials sayFederal immigration officials appeared to target day laborers in raids Monday at a Home Deport in Santa Ana, leaders in Orange County said.
Immigration raids at Home Depot locations in Los Angeles led to detentions and protests as the Trump administration pursues mass deportation goals of 3,000 ICE arrests daily
Workers who witnessed the ICE raid outside a Los Angeles Home Depot say officers arbitrarily detained migrants. The sweep was one of several that sparked protests.
An elderly man dropping off his granddaughter at her school was one of several people detained Wednesday in an immigration raid in Downey, city leaders confirmed.
Claims that day labourers were being detained spark violent protests in a city on edge over the president's immigration crackdown.