Overview

• On August 6, CBP agents executed “Operation Caballo de Troya” at a Westlake Home Depot, detaining 16 migrants, and on August 8, ICE conducted two raids at a Van Nuys Home Depot, arresting at least ten day laborers.
• Mayor Karen Bass and City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto opened formal investigations on August 10 to determine if these operations violated a July 11 federal order barring profiling-based detentions.
• Los Angeles Times data shows that 68% of the 2,031 immigrants arrested in Southern California in June had no criminal convictions and 57% had never faced charges.
• The Department of Homeland Security maintains the raids targeted individuals solely on immigration status, not race or location, as it appeals the injunction to the Supreme Court.
• Advocacy groups have called a one-day boycott on August 12 of Home Depot, Walmart and other major retailers, urging migrant communities to also skip work and school in protest.