CHICAGO — Organizers are urging people to boycott Home Depot, saying the company has failed to protect day laborers as federal immigration agents have targeted and detained them outside the chain’s stores in the Chicago area in recent weeks.
Rallies and vigils will be held this weekend at Home Depot stores nationwide to draw attention to people who federal agents have taken, said Janelle Miller, a suburban Broadview resident who is organizing one of the events.
The company’s stores have historically been a place where day laborers, including many immigrants, have gathered outside to look for work from contract companies — but those workers have now been repeatedly targeted by federal agents. Organizers have said Home Depot isn’t doing enough to deter ICE and Border Patrol and to protect day laborers…