[Red6]

Another reason why not to shop Home Depot.

[Red6]

Wait, misread that one. Home Depot is right in this case! Imagine that.

[mainepatsfan]

What Lowe’s doesn’t have this same problem?

[Huck]

Locals are right about one thing. It’s none of the feds business.

[mewzilla]

Gee, don’t local officials have a responsibility to enforce laws against loitering. I’d be willing to bet that the locale has them. Or did they take those off the books?

[HaveHadEnough]

Pretty soon, the feds will be telling local governments what color to paint their buildings.

[Tax-chick]

This does seem to be a local-law issue.

[6SJ7]

Fascinating; local government demanding a tax-paying law-abiding business accommodate illegal activity on private property.

[Republican Red]

Carlos Mencia had a funny bit about going to Mexico and seeing a vacant building with a homemade “Home Depot” sign on it. A crowd of Mexicans were standing in front. He goes over to ask why they are there and is told it is a training facility for illegal day laborers

[dawn53]

Local governments are wrong to do this, but that doesn’t mean it’s a Federal issue.

Our local Walmarts have tried to cajole city governments into changing zoning laws, etc. in order to get their stores located where they wanted them.

Let them deal with the local officials in the same way. If they don’t like the municipality’s laws, take it to the public who elect the municipality’s leaders.

[doodad]

I assume this was shot down yesterday with the other amendments. Of course, if you have not plan to support the bill, as both Chambliss and Isakson assured all of us angry constituents, why do you work to add amendments? Hmmmm.

[rockinqsranch]

I’ll take Home Depots side on this one. They are a supplier of materials, not a labor provider. If the Local Communities want to stop the Illegal Day Laborers from congregating, they need start penalizing those that hire them. Stop the hiring, stop the congregating. It’s a terrible thing for our local doughnut shops I realize, but something of this nature has to be done interim until we can get the Federal Government to honor the contract with America and enforce existing Border laws. It’s one of the primary responsibilities of the Executive Branch of our Government.

[elizabetty]

I shop at Home Depot and the dirty scum hanging out their OFFEND ME!

They are foul mouthed (I do know a few Spanish curse words), pushy and leave trash all over the place. They need to be "sheltered" in jail.

If they were white they would be cited for loitering.

[misharu]

What I would throw up a couple of 4x4 posts and put some tin corrugated roofing up on top. Then when the illegals congregate, pick up the phone and call ICE. I wonder how quickly word would get around that Home Depot isn’t safe anymore for illegals..

[LonePalm]

Maybe we should build a bunch of these.

Deport the workers and their families will follow.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!

[camle]

catch-22: government (doesn’t matter which level) requires private business to accomodate illegal activity “or else”. next same government goes after said business for becomming a magnet for illegal activity.

[T.Smith]

I know this sucks for Home Depot, but if they are known for having available labor on site, then some contractors might be more inclined to go out of their way to visit that location. This might actually attract some business for them.

Not withstanding the potential for new business, the local governments are way out of line to require accommodations.

[Fawn]

Would like to know WHERE this is happening so we can write our commissioners.

[svcw]

Its NOT the feds business? What I thought illegals WERE the governments business.

[zip]

ping