"Community members and organizers gathered at the Home Depot in Monrovia to demand the company prevent the immigration raids taking place at its locations. Saturday's demonstration included a buy-in, where volunteers bought an ice scraper from Home Depot and returned it. The efforts follow the death of Carlos Roberto Montoya Valdez, a day laborer who was struck and killed after running onto the 210 Freeway while trying to flee from an immigration sweep at the Monrovia store."
"Volunteers flocked to the location, some wearing makeshift aprons, similar to those worn by Home Depot employees, with the phrase "ICE out of Home Depot." Others used the orange Home Depot buckets as drums as they marched through the store. "Whether the corporation wants to admit it or not, Home Depot has become ground zero for this cruel, vicious immigration enforcement that's taking place in our country," said Pablo Alvarado, NDLON's co-executive director."
"Nearly one hundred people had just one item on their list as they entered the Home Depot in Monrovia Saturday: a small ice scraper worth a little less than a dollar. They got back in line only minutes later to return the item. The action, known as a buy-in, was part of a larger demonstration at the Home Depot to pressure the company to "scrape ICE out of their stores," said Erika Andiola,"
Nearly one hundred community members conducted a buy-in at the Home Depot in Monrovia, purchasing inexpensive ice scrapers and immediately returning them to protest immigration enforcement at store locations. Volunteers wore makeshift aprons reading 'ICE out of Home Depot' and used orange buckets as drums while marching through the store. Organizers said the action followed the death of Carlos Roberto Montoya Valdez, a day laborer struck and killed while fleeing an immigration sweep near the Monrovia store. Home Depot's corporate communications manager said the company does not coordinate with ICE or Border Patrol and follows applicable federal and local laws.
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