Overview

• ICE conducted additional operations Monday at Home Depot locations in Westlake, Huntington Park and Whittier, detaining day laborers hired for construction work.
• Home Depot confirmed it received no advance notice of the enforcement actions and had no role in planning the raids.
• Mayor Karen Bass argued the sweeps diverged from the stated aim of pursuing violent criminals.
• Protests erupted outside multiple stores with demonstrators calling for a boycott of the company over its perceived link to immigration enforcement.
• Southern California’s construction sector, which depends on day laborers recruited at Home Depot, faces potential worker shortages as immigration enforcement expands.