Home Depot在洛杉矶一家商店附近安装了高密度噪音装置,在ICE突袭后引发了使用这些装置的反弹,以吓阻日工。
Home Depot installed high-pitched noise devices near a Los Angeles store, sparking backlash over their use to deter day laborers after an ICE raid.
洛杉矶赛普拉斯公园的一家家得宝在加州交通局公共土地上安装了高频噪音装置,位于高速公路天桥下方,这引发了倡导者的批评,他们认为这些声音会造成身体痛苦,并用来吓阻临时工。
A Home Depot in Los Angeles’s Cypress Park installed high-pitched noise devices on public Caltrans land under a highway overpass, drawing criticism from advocates who say the sounds cause physical distress and are used to deter day laborers.
据报告,这些装置是在ICE突袭之后引爆的,这次袭击拘留了数十人,包括一名美国公民和一名儿童。
The devices were reportedly activated after an ICE raid that detained dozens, including a U.S. citizen and child.
倡导者和市议员Eunisses Hernandez称这噪音是心理恐吓的一种形式,敦促家庭供应站谴责其停车场的移民执法。
Advocates and city councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez called the noise a form of psychological intimidation and urged Home Depot to condemn immigration enforcement in its parking lots.
Home Depot说,这些装置是防止夜间非法泊车安全努力的一部分,并否认知道或参与突袭,称它不能干扰联邦行动。
Home Depot said the devices are part of a safety effort to prevent illegal overnight parking and denied knowledge of or involvement in the raid, stating it cannot interfere with federal operations.