Anti-immigration enforcement protests have incorporated some creative angles like a naked bike ride in Portland and inflatable characters. The latest includes some symbolism and retail dysfunction.
Demonstrators and activists clogged up the Home Depot in Monrovia, California, on Nov. 22 by each purchasing an ice scraper for 17 cents before getting right back in line to return the item. Demonstrators said it was in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents targeting day laborers around Home Depot locations in Southern California.
Ice scraper protest
The purchasing and return of the small item held up customer service lines at the location for nearly an hour. Hundreds of people came out to support the cause.
The goal was to “scrape ICE out of their stores,” Erika Andiola, political director for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), told the Los Angeles Times…