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Home Depot's Noise Machines Spark Controversy Over Laborers' Rights
12/19/2025
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- Advocates claim Home Depot-installed noise-emitting machines deter day laborers and cause health issues.
- Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California (Idepsca) called for their removal, stating that the machines drove laborers away after ICE raids.
- City councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez criticized the devices as a form of torture.
- Home Depot denied involvement in immigration enforcement, asserting the devices were for safety.
