Rosario Gonzalez was standing outside of a Home Depot in Whittier on Monday, June 9, hoping someone would come by and offer him work so he could support his family.
His family asked him not to go, fearful of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abductions and raids that started ramping up in Southern California on June 6. In need of work and money, Gonzalez went anyway. His family later learned he was detained by ICE.
Gonzalez was one of the 330 immigrants detained by ICE in Southern California between June 6 and June 11, according to the Los Angeles Times. ICE has been detaining people at work locations, including Home Depots, car washes, swap meets and fruit and food stands in the last few weeks…