Posted on 12/19/2025 9:07:22 AM PST by algore
Noise machines installed by LA Home Depot ‘torture’ for day laborers, advocates say
Advocates call for removal of machines and demand that company speak out against ICE raids in parking lots Victoria Bekiempis Thu 18 Dec 2025 21.23 EST
A Home Depot in Los Angeles installed three high-pitch noise-emitting machines outside to deter day laborers from seeking work there, causing them to suffer headaches and nausea, advocates alleged at a press conference on Wednesday.
The Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California (Idepsca), an advocacy organization that helps day laborers, called for the removal of these machines from Home Depot’s Cypress Park location, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Advocates for day laborers also demanded that Home Depot speak out against ICE raids in store parking lots. Immigration enforcement agents have repeatedly targeted the Cypress Park location, which is located near one of Idepsca’s support hubs, the Times reported.
Maegan Ortiz, Idepsca’s executive director, alleged that Home Depot deployed these noise machines to drive day laborers from the parking lot.
“We have been here and remain open through global pandemics, providing services and creating community,” Ortiz said at the press conference. “We’re not going to let sound machines, gates and intimidation get rid of us. Day laborers are here to stay. IDEPSCA is here to stay. The immigrant community is here to stay.”
One day laborer said he now wears earplugs to block the noise while he waits for work. The man said the sound “penetrates your bones”.
“They chose to weaponize sound,” Los Angeles city councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez said at the news conference, in remarks she shared on Instagram. “Devices like these are used as torture against our people.”
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We are at war and many people do not realize it.
It’s like driving off nuisance pigeons that crap all over the place.
Won’t that noise affect customers as well?
This...
What is this “our people” crap? Who is the racist here?
They are so blinded that they don’t even realize, they are the racists.
“We’re not going to let sound machines, gates and intimidation get rid of us. Day laborers are here to stay”
The Invasion Triumphant
“you weel not stop us! we weel take ober!”
ICE, ICE Baby!!
Only if customers spend hours outside in the parking lot.
Otherwise they may not even notice it.
on endless loop.
that’s a real shame
Noise machines? Have they tried... deporting illegals?
The City of Mountain View opened a "Day Worker Center" where you can hire labor. I think it has worked out very well for the city, the laborers, and customers. You can specify what skills you need and reserve a person.
LA could start a similar organization.
HAVE THEY EVER APOLOGIZED?
WILL THEY EVER APOLOGIZE?
For the Killing, Murdering Criminal Illegal Alien Scum they support?
“Noise machines installed by LA Home Depot ‘torture’ for day laborers, advocates say”. Would it be less torture if they just walked inside and filled out a job application?
One of my friends is part owner in a Barcade in downtown Portland, and to keep the sidewalks clear in front of his business, he added some speakers and plays video game music on repeat. It’s amazingly effective!
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