Stop City Hall funding day-labor racket drawing ICE to Home Depot
The article criticizes Los Angeles City Hall for funding day laborer centers that the author claims obstruct federal immigration enforcement by ICE. Nonprofits like CARECEN are accused of seeking taxpayer money to shield undocumented workers and resist federal authorities, particularly at locations near Home Depot stores. The author argues this funding represents a misuse of public resources and undermines federal law.
- ▪Los Angeles city-contracted day laborer centers are located on public, state, and private land, often near Home Depot stores.
- ▪Nonprofits such as CARECEN have requested increased city funding to install security measures and train staff to resist ICE raids.
- ▪Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmembers Katy Yaroslavsky and Eunisses Hernandez are cited for supporting or entertaining funding proposals that critics say obstruct federal immigration enforcement.
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Opinion Stop City Hall funding day-labor racket drawing ICE to Home Depot By Richie Greenberg Published May 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m. ET A manufactured crisis plays out daily in the parking lots of LA’s Home Depot stores. Day laborer centers, seven city-contracted hubs often nestled on private commercial property, have become battlegrounds. And, no surprise, the NGOs now want more of your hard-earned dollars. Nonprofit organizations like CARECEN demand millions in local taxpayer dollars not to help workers find jobs, but to shield illegal aliens from lawful federal enforcement by ICE. 3 Ringo Chiu LA City Hall bears primary responsibility for escalating this needless conflict.
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