On Saturday the Save Our State group protested about illegal alien day laborers in front of a Home Depot in Alhambra, CA. There was a counter-protest, but it was apparently peaceful. There are pictures here, and the AP report includes this:

Home Depot said in a statement it does not support illegal immigration but can't stop workers from standing near its stores.

That might well be true. However, Home Depot has funded the development of several day laborer sites at or near its stores. And, according to the GAO up to 90% of those day laborers are illegal aliens.

And, according to the Daily Breeze, a lobbyist is receiving $10,000 a month to lobby the L.A. City Council about day laborer sites.

And, L.A. City Councilman Ed Reyes wants all big box hardware stores in L.A. to have day laborer sites. There may or may not be a connection, but if this passes Home Depot could possibly deflect criticism of its day laborer sites on to the city. How could HD be blamed for simply abiding by a city ordinance?

While boycotting Home Depot is certainly one option, a perhaps even more effective suggestion is here.

Previous coverage of Home Depot in "Save Our State Makes Itself Inconvenient (Again)".

As for the protest itself, SOS is the same group that was surrounded in the Baldwin Park near-riot, and apparently some of the same counter-protesters were at this event as well, including the San Gabriel Neighbors for Peace and Justice. That group was also at the Garden Grove incident. For laughs, compare that report with the one from People's Weekly World: tinyurl.com/ad8xl.