LA Home Depot's Noise Machines Spark Protest from Day Laborers
TL;DR
Immigrant rights advocates and local officials protested outside a Cypress Park Home Depot over alleged high-pitched noise machines installed to deter day laborers, which are claimed to cause health issues and are believed to be an effort to push them away amid immigration enforcement activities. Home Depot stated the measures are for safety and to prevent illegal parking, but did not confirm the use of noise machines. The story is ongoing with plans for further activism.
- Day laborers in Los Angeles protest noise machines allegedly installed at Home Depot store in Cypress Park ABC7 Los Angeles
- Noise machines installed by LA Home Depot ‘torture’ for day laborers, advocates say The Guardian
- It ‘penetrates your bones’: Day laborers protest noise machines installed at Home Depot Los Angeles Times
- How Home Depot became the front line of Trump’s immigration raids Financial Times
- L.A. Home Depot installs noise machines, sparking backlash from day laborers KTLA
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