The Brief
- Customers and neighbors say a South Side Home Depot has become overcrowded with migrants seeking work.
- Some say they’ve felt harassed or unsafe, calling on the city and store to intervene.
- Home Depot says it enforces a no-solicitation policy and prioritizes customer and employee safety.
CHICAGO – Community frustrations are mounting outside a South Side Home Depot, where neighbors say crowds of migrants looking for work have turned shopping into a stressful and, at times, unsafe experience.
What we know:
The Home Depot in the Princeton Park neighborhood near 87th Street and the Dan Ryan has become a gathering spot for people — many believed to be recent migrants — seeking day labor. Residents and former employees say the number of people outside the store has grown significantly in recent months.…