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Home Depot stays quiet as immigration raids target day laborers

By Alina Selyukh

Published August 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM EDT

Home Depot stores have been the location of dramatic federal raids targeting day laborers. But the company has largely been quiet.

Alina Selyukh

Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.

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