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.

Another spokesperson for the company insisted that the noise machines are “a safety initiative … intended to deter and prevent illegal overnight parking in the area” with no connection to “immigration enforcement”.

How about you spend some lobbying dollars on making housing more affordable so that people don't need a place to park overnight in the first place? You literally fucking sell building supplies for homes ... it's sort of in the name.

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