Raid at a Home Depot in Hollywood shatters an immigrant refuge

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Emma De Paz woke up at 2 every morning for 25 years to make soup, roasted chicken and tamales to sell to work crews picking up their day's supplies at the Home Depot.

She joined other immigrant vendors lining the side streets under tents and over grills in a makeshift community that was something of a refuge for Latino immigrants in the Hollywood area. Abelino Perez Alvarez and his wife sold orange juice, soda and water. Day laborers scrolled through their phones as they waited outside the parking lot in hopes of getting work.

Around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, the refuge was shattered. Dozens of armed agents, many in masks, converged on the parking lot, blocking gates and surrounding the laborers and vendors.

"Migración! Migración!" people shouted — and scattered.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-raid-home-depot-hollywood-100000502.html

[Walleye]

1. I hope everyone of these ice agents suffers the loss of a loved one

[chowder66]

2. Heartbreaking. That's the Home Depot I shop at. I must admit that I was shocked anyone was out there.

I knew they would be coming soon based on the fact that there are always day laborers there. I don't know if they were so desperate for work that they decided the risk was worth taking a chance or if some didn't know?

[LauraInLA]

3. I used to shop there, too. I'm also shocked -- they've hit so many HDs in the whole area.

[chowder66]

4. It is depressing and barbaric.

[Pachamama]

5. So are the comments from people to the article

No humanity

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. This is what it's come down to.

Leave the politically connected farms, textile mills, and packing plants alone.

Make a scene in blue cities over penny ante bullshit to whip up the ghouls.

[chowder66]

7. I stay away from comment sections at most places. There are a lot of very ugly people in our country.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

8. "ICE is" terrorism. ISIS