Immigrant Rights Groups Plan ICE Protest Outside Home Depot in New York

Immigrant rights and solidarity organizers gathered outside a Home Depot in Coram, New York on March 11, staging a demonstration under the banner "ICE Out of Home Depot" to protest immigration enforcement activity connected to the retailer.

The action was organized by local immigrant-rights and solidarity groups and promoted through Mobilize, a platform used by advocacy coalitions to coordinate turnout, share logistics, and build community support around causes. The Coram location sits on Long Island, a region with a large immigrant workforce that has historically relied on Home Depot parking lots as informal hiring sites where day laborers connect with contractors and homeowners.

The protest reflects growing tension between immigrant communities and large retail chains whose locations have become flashpoints in immigration enforcement. Day laborers gathering at Home Depot stores have long been visible targets for ICE operations, and advocacy groups have increasingly organized at these sites to monitor activity, document encounters, and push back against what they describe as workplace-adjacent enforcement.

Home Depot has not issued a public policy statement on how its stores should respond when federal immigration agents approach workers on or near its property. That silence has drawn criticism from labor and immigrant rights advocates who argue the company has an obligation to establish clear protocols, particularly given how central its parking lots are to the informal economy of day labor.

The Coram demonstration is part of a broader pattern of "ICE Out" actions at retail locations that have gained momentum since the start of 2025, as federal immigration enforcement expanded in scope and visibility. Organizers used Mobilize not just to recruit attendees but to signal coordination across advocacy networks on Long Island.

Whether the protest produces any formal response from Home Depot remains to be seen. For the day laborers who return to those parking lots each morning, the answer carries real stakes.