Home Depot, 210 Freeway and immigration
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FOX 11 Los Angeles on MSNMan gets hit by car trying to escape ICE raid at a Home Depot in Los Angeles County
Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez was hit by a car on the 210 Freeway in Monrovia as he was allegedly running from an ICE raid at a nearby Home Depot. The Department of Homeland Security said agents weren't chasing him.
Montoya Valdez’s identity was confirmed by the Guatemalan consulate, said Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, who was at the Home Depot parking lot in Monrovia on Friday. Montoya Valdez is from Jutiapa, Guatemala, he said.
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ABC7 KABC on MSNProtesters rally at Los Angeles-area Home Depot locations against ongoing ICE raids
Amid ongoing ICE raids, organizers are calling for a national boycott of Home Depot and want customers to voice their concerns to store managers.
Immigration raids have slowed since a federal judge temporarily barred agents from targeting people solely based on race, language, vocation or location. But some higher-profile sweeps have returned at Home Depot locations,
Advocates were planning a vigil for Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, 52, at the Home Depot site of the raid. DHS officials said they were not targeting the man.
A man fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity at a Home Depot was killed after running onto a freeway, California officials say. The Monrovia Police Department got a call about possible ICE activity at 9:43 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, Monrovia City Manager Dylan Feik said in a statement.
The short-lived merchandise came after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to turn a prison into a migrant detention center that he dubbed “Deportation Depot.”