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Supreme Court Ruling Reopens Door to Broad Immigration Raids at L.A. Home Depots

New videos of masked agents detaining workers have prompted an expanded rapid-response push by advocates.

Luis poses with a megaphone used to alert other day laborers of ICE operations in the parking lot of a Home Depot in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A table covered with a cloth reading "ICE Out of LA" sits under a canopy next to the job center for day laborers outside a Home Depot in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Workers walk toward a food vendor past a Home Depot sign in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A day laborer eats his meal near a Home Depot sign in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Overview

  • The justices voted 6–3 to lift a Los Angeles judge’s restraining order, allowing federal agents to resume broader roving stops and detentions in the city.
  • Video from NBCLA shows Border Patrol agents wearing masks detaining at least two people at a Hollywood Home Depot and a bystander being pepper-sprayed as unmarked vehicles left the lot.
  • At least a dozen Southern California Home Depots have been targeted this summer, with the Van Nuys site hit repeatedly and a day laborer killed last month after fleeing a Monrovia operation, which DHS says did not involve a pursuit.
  • Home Depot says it receives no advance notice of enforcement and instructs employees to report suspected activity and not engage, while witnesses at one store said managers closed doors to keep agents out.
  • Immigrant-rights groups have expanded real-time alerts, documentation and legal aid at day-labor hubs as California officials denounce the sweeps, and DHS hails the court decision as a win for public safety.