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Border Patrol Resumes ‘Trojan Horse’ Home Depot Raids Defying Court Order

Los Angeles officials and the ACLU are probing whether the ambush-style operation breached a federal restraining order as the administration pledges to sustain interior immigration enforcement

People wait June 11 outside of a Home Depot store on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles that was previously the site of the detention of day laborers by federal immigration agents. On Wednesday, agents detained 16 immigrants at a Home Depot in Los Angeles, sparking criticism that it violated a court order.
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Overview

  • On August 6, U.S. Border Patrol agents executed “Operation Trojan Horse,” detaining 16 people from Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua at a Westlake Home Depot using a rented Penske box truck.
  • The raid flouted a mid-July federal temporary restraining order and Ninth Circuit decision that prohibit roving patrols and racial profiling in interior enforcement.
  • Mayor Karen Bass and ACLU attorney Mohammad Tajsar have launched investigations to determine if the surprise tactics violated the court injunction and are weighing legal challenges.
  • Penske Truck Rental denied authorizing its vehicles for the operation, reiterated its ban on transporting people in cargo areas and said it will reinforce its policy with DHS.
  • Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli asserted that interior immigration enforcement will continue unabated despite judicial constraints and local opposition.