U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents have been known to target Home Depot parking lots, sometimes pretending to be hiring for a job, but more often than not, they simply swarm.
The agents don’t bother hiding their intentions. They question people. Some people, often men looking for work, get cornered. Others run.
“It’s horrible,” one man said on a late September day. “There’s an awful rush of adrenaline. Your heart is pounding. Everything makes you nervous, but that anxiety, that they’ll take you away, that’s what makes you run without fear.”…