Protests over immigration raids spread across US
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NBC Los Angeles on MSNDay laborers targeted in raid at Santa Ana Home Depot, OC officials sayFederal immigration officials appeared to target day laborers in raids Monday at a Home Deport in Santa Ana, leaders in Orange County said.
Trump's escalation of immigration arrests by shifting into workplaces ignited clashes between protesters and officers in the immigrant-heavy city.
Workers who witnessed the ICE raid outside a Los Angeles Home Depot say officers arbitrarily detained migrants. The sweep was one of several that sparked protests.
An elderly man dropping off his granddaughter at her school was one of several people detained Wednesday in an immigration raid in Downey, city leaders confirmed.
The White House told ICE to target Home Depot. That has disrupted the company’s symbiotic relationship with the day laborers outside its stores.
Continued federal immigration enforcement actions have disrupted lives across greater Los Angeles, including a middle school graduation where teachers and families were left hunkering down in fear.
The recent immigration raids in Los Angeles have put the spotlight on the popular hardware store chain Home Depot (NYSE: HD), leading to protests and potential business implications.
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An estimated 950,000 people in Los Angeles County do not have legal immigration status, according to the Migration Policy Institute. That is about a tenth of the county’s population, and they include cooks, nannies, hotel employees, street vendors, gardeners, construction workers and garment workers.