{"id":198308,"date":"2025-09-04T01:37:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/198308\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:37:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:37:13","slug":"la-councilmembers-slam-home-depot-over-ice-raids-at-their-stores-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/198308\/","title":{"rendered":"LA councilmembers slam Home Depot over ICE raids at their stores nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The feud between Home Depot and the Los Angeles City Council escalated after two more councilmembers criticized the company following Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids at several stores.<\/p>\n

The dispute began when Los Angeles City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, D-Los Angeles, told Home Depot to “take your orange apron and go home,” accusing the hardware chain of being complicit in ICE operations tied to the Trump administration at store locations in the city. Jurado also said she would oppose the opening<\/a> of a new Home Depot in her district over the company\u2019s perceived silence on the raids.<\/p>\n

“When your name becomes associated with terror, and you refuse to speak, you become complicit. Home Depot has chosen power and profit over the working people who sustain it,” Jurado wrote in an Instagram post last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES HIGHLIGHT CRIMINAL HISTORY OF MULTIPLE MIGRANTS ARRESTED IN LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Protesters demonstrate inside a Home Depot store. (Getty)<\/p>\n

Home Depot plans to open a new superstore in Los Angeles\u2019 Eagle Rock neighborhood, according to documents filed with the city planning department. The project would demolish a closed Macy\u2019s at Eagle Rock Plaza to make way for the store.<\/p>\n

Two additional councilmembers joined the criticism \u2014 one said the chain hasn\u2019t been a “good neighbor,” while another accused it of failing to stand up for immigrant laborers.<\/p>\n

“We’ve seen multiple violent raids against innocent workers, including a U.S citizen, at the Home Depot in our district. Home Depot relies on immigrant labor, but hasn’t done a thing to defend families being torn apart by Trump and his cronies. We stand behind Councilmember Jurado 100%,” Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, D, told Fox News Digital<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Councilmember Nazarian supports Councilmember Jurado’s judgment of what is best for her own district.\u00a0In the present case, he does not\u00a0believe Home Depot has been a good neighbor to the people of Los Angeles,”\u00a0a representative for Councilmember Adrian Nazarian, D, told Fox News Digital in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ICE SWEEPS THROUGH LA BUSINESSES AS LOCAL DEMOCRATS CRY FOUL OVER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Multiple ICE raids have occurred at Los Angeles Home Depot stores.\u00a0 (Google Maps)<\/p>\n

Video obtained by the Los Angeles Times reportedly<\/a> shows a raid at a Home Depot in Westlake, California, last week. The footage shows a black van pull up to street vendors across from the store. Federal agents carrying rifles and dressed in tactical gear exit the van as vendors attempt to flee. The agents pursue them and appear to deploy tear gas. At least 15 people were arrested, the Times reported.<\/p>\n

The same Westlake Home Depot was also the site of “Operation Trojan Horse<\/a>,” in which federal agents emerged from a Penske truck and arrested more than a dozen suspected illegal immigrants on Wednesday, Aug. 6. The raid came just days after a federal appeals court upheld a temporary restraining order limiting broad immigration enforcement in Los Angeles and other parts of California.<\/p>\n

Home Depot did not immediately respond to a new request for comment. The company previously told Fox News Digital it is not notified of ICE activities.<\/p>\n

“We aren\u2019t notified that ICE activities are going to happen, and we\u2019re not requesting them. In many cases, we don’t know that arrests have taken place until after they’re over. We\u2019re required to follow all federal and local rules and regulations in every market where we operate,” a Home Depot representative said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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California Highway Patrol used smoke grenades to advance and push protesters off the 101 freeway during a demonstration following federal immigration operations in Los Angeles, California on June 8, 2025.\u00a0 (Blake Fagan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

David Spector is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to david.spector@fox.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The feud between Home Depot and the Los Angeles City…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":198309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,69,68246,16090,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-198308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-fox-news-media","12":"tag-illegal-immigrants","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115143471585192211","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}