"Home Depot officials have stated they are not involved in these operations, do not cooperate with agents, and are not given advance notice of raids. The incidents often involve day laborers in the public spaces of parking lots, which ICE can access without a warrant. Home Depot logs these incidents internally for tracking purposes, similar to shoplifting events. "
Given that they have no notice, and cannot legally prevent an arrest in the parking lot, what EXACTLY should they be doing? Remember too this will be happening unscripted in the moment, so what is some hourly Joe supposed to do? And when he's hurt or arrested are the immigrants rights groups that are calling for the boycotts going to step in and make them whole again?
Why aren't these protesters patrolling the parking lots, and engaging ICE themselves when this happens rather than standing in line buying and returning putty knifes in a futile gesture instead? The left always says well at least it 'something' even if it actively doesn't help or even hurts a situation.
The Dems gave the Rs a gift wrapped political landscape. Trump took that to mean a complete mandate, and is taking legitimate concerns like illegal immigration and drug trade and fumbling it epically. The political pendulum is going to swing back quickly.