Eagle Rock — Plans to build a new Home Depot in Eagle Rock Plaza have triggered resistance from the L.A. city councilmember who represents that area.

Councilmember Ysabel Jurado issued a statement today opposing the plan, citing federal immigration raids on day laborers at Home Depot stores elsewhere in the city, including Cypress Park. She said the hardware and improvement store chain has not publicly addressed the arrests.

"When your name becomes associated with terror and you refuse to speak, you are complicit," said Jurado. "Home Depot has chosen power and profit over the working people who sustain it."

UPDATE: A spokesperson for Home Depot responded:

"We aren’t notified that ICE activities are going to happen, and in many cases, we don't know that arrests have taken place unti

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