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10 day laborers detained by disguised ICE agents at Phoenix Home Depot

About 10 people, including day laborers waiting for work and shoppers, were detained outside a Phoenix Home Depot after agents reportedly disguised themselves as day laborers to make arrests.

Sep 7, 2026Phoenix, AZ

10 day laborers detained by disguised ICE agents at Phoenix Home Depot
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ICE agents conducted an operation in the parking lot of a Home Depot on 43rd Avenue in west Phoenix, detaining about 10 people early Saturday morning, including day laborers waiting for work and some customers exiting the store. Witnesses said agents disguised themselves as day laborers and unhoused people before making arrests, and cell phone video showed men handcuffed and seated beside the road as agents surrounded them. Erika Andiola of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and Clarissa Vela of People First Project said many of those detained did not match the administration's stated focus on people with criminal records, with some detainees having only come to shop. Activists noted ICE Mobile Criminal Apprehension Teams have routinely conducted undercover license-plate-scanning operations at the same location. ICE has not publicly released details about the operation, and protesters and day laborers returned to the store two days later.

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Sep 7, 2026—Protesters and day laborers returned to the Home Depot two days after the operation.
Sep 5, 2026—ICE agents detained about 10 people, including day laborers and store customers, at a west Phoenix Home Depot parking lot.
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