According to a press release from Indivisible Cobb, coalition of progressive organizations plans to rally Saturday outside a Home Depot location in Vinings, calling on the Atlanta-based retail giant to stop enabling Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in its store parking lots.
The demonstration, organized by several Indivisible groups in Georgia, aims to spotlight what organizers describe as a pattern of ICE using Home Depot locations as staging grounds for the indiscriminate rounding up of day laborers. Advocates argue this strategy disproportionately targets individuals based on race and economic status, raising serious constitutional and human rights concerns.
“Home Depot’s corporate presence in Atlanta gives them immense influence on our community,” said Stacey Parlotto, a leader of Indivisible Cobb. “By turning a blind eye to ICE leveraging their store locations to conduct random, non-targeted sweeps, the company is failing to stand against blatant violations of constitutional rights, and the often-brutal tactics ICE agents employ.”…