Assemblywoman Jessica Caloza, D-Los Angeles, Friday joined immigrants rights advocates to call for accountability from Home Depot for its decision to allegedly evict a long-operated day laborers center.<\/p>\n
In a news conference Friday morning, Caloza joined nearly 100 stakeholders \u2014 a group of residents, day laborers, worker centers, students, union representatives and faith leaders \u2014 to criticize Home Depot for what they say is harming L.A.\u2019s immigrant community.<\/p>\n
The Home Depot in Cypress Park has been the site of federal immigration enforcement actions. The company also faced criticism for installing machines in the parking lot that emit a high-pitched tone.<\/p>\n
Caloza said her office was notified Thursday that Home Depot allegedly filed an eviction notice to remove a day laborers center run by Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California. For many years, the center has operated on Home Depot\u2019s property, leased by Caltrans.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe state has been attempting to work with Home Depot in good faith. This eviction is not a coincidence. The Trump administration has been terrorizing our state and is in our backyards thanks to Home Depot,\u201d Caloza said in a statement. \u201cThe rights of immigrants and innocent American citizens are being stripped away before our very eyes.<\/p>\n
She alleged that Home Depot is denying the allegations of eviction, and continues to lie about their decision.<\/p>\n
A representative for Home Depot did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
Caloza urged Los Angeles residents to boycott the company and support local small businesses, hardware shops and supply stores.<\/p>\n
\u201cReach out to your elected officials, make your voices heard, and let\u2019s hold Home Depot accountable,\u201d Caloza added.<\/p>\n
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Los Angeles City Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez, who represents the First Council District, which includes Cypress Park, echoed Caloza\u2019s message.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs immigrant families live under the constant threat of ICE terror, Home Depot has chosen to displace a center that provides safety, resources and basic human dignity to day laborers,\u201d Hernandez said in a statement. \u201cLos Angeles will not stand by while billion-dollar corporations profit off our communities while discarding the very workers who make them rich.\u201d<\/p>\n
IDEPSCA Executive Director Meagan Ortiz said they were deeply concerned about the health and safety of their members, who rely on the center every single day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis eviction notice strips away the basic human rights of our immigrant communities,\u201d Ortiz said.<\/p>\n
Services Employees International Union President David Huerta urged for the end of corporate collaboration with anti-worker politicians, and the immediate retraction of the eviction by Home Depot.<\/p>\n
L.A. City Councilwoman Nithya Raman noted the center has been there for 27 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe timing of this eviction notice is not a coincidence, it is a choice, and a direct threat to our immigrant communities as ICE continues its targeted attacks,\u201d said Raman, who represents the Fourth Council District, encompassing many San Fernando Valley communities.<\/p>\n
The federal government has maintained it is targeting the \u201cworst of the worst\u201d illegal immigrants, who commit violent crimes.<\/p>\n
Home Depot has maintained it is not assisting in federal immigration enforcement. Home Depot locations nationwide have been targeted for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.<\/p>\n
IDEPSCA reported about 50 people had been detained at the Cypress Park location in November 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Assemblywoman Jessica Caloza, D-Los Angeles, Friday joined immigrants rights advocates to call for accountability from Home Depot for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[22714,8010,179,80627,15223,1073,48,52,51,80628,47,50,49,3283],"class_list":["post-167663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-alleged","tag-center","tag-community","tag-depots","tag-eviction","tag-home","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-laborer","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-responds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}