Overview
- Advocacy group IDEPSCA and local officials say three devices mounted on parking-lot lamp posts at the Cypress Park store emit painful high-frequency sound that discourages workers from gathering.
- Workers and advocates reported the devices were switched back on about an hour after a press conference, though an ABC7 reporter on Friday morning did not hear any sound at the site.
- Advocates link the installation to recent ICE operations at the location and cite roughly 50 detentions this year, including a Los Angeles Times–reported incident involving a detained U.S. citizen whose toddler was driven away by agents.
- Home Depot told ABC7 the location employs unique safety measures, including K-gate barriers, saying the steps aim to prevent illegal overnight parking and asserting the company does not coordinate with immigration raids.
- IDEPSCA and Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez condemned the devices as harmful and are pressing for their removal, with activists planning to urge customers this weekend not to shop at the retailer.