Advocates call for removal of machines and demand that company speak out against ICE raids in parking lots

A Home Depot in Los Angeles installed three high pitch noise-emitting machines outside to deter day laborers from seeking work there, causing them to suffer headaches and nausea, advocates alleged at a press conference on Wednesday.

The Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California (IDEPSCA), an advocacy organization that helps day laborers, called for the removal of these machines from Home Depot’s Cypress Park location, according to the Los Angeles Times

Advocates for day laborers also demanded that Home Depot speak out against ICE raids in store parking lots. Immigration enforcement agents have repeatedly targeted the Cypress Park location, which is located near one of IDEPSCA’s support hubs, the Times reported.

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    19 hours ago

    Or maybey take a stroll through the store, very slowly, so you dont accudently knock something off the shelf.

    Definately dont purchase and return things.

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      18 hours ago

      I wonder what would happen if you walked through a store with one of these devices. How could they bust you if its okay for the store to do it?

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        18 hours ago

        1000 badasses could have a 1000 little accidents, and no one is going to jail. One guy with a can of kerosene and a lighter is going straight to jail.

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      18 hours ago

      Yes. Do not purchase a dozen gallons of flammable spirits and some matches, and then “return” them to Home Depot after the store is closed and empty of people.