There is no company in the U.S. that has become more closely associated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids than Home Depot Inc.

In and around the retailer’s parking lots, masked and armed ICE agents chase and tackle and detain the day laborers who gather there to look for work.

Store employees who are upset by witnessing the grim scenes are allowed to go home for the day with pay — a tacit acknowledgment by Home Depot that the raids are violent and traumatic to watch.

You won’t find the company saying as much publicly. Instead, it’s consistently offered the same answer after each episode, attempting to distance itself from not only the raids but also the workers who are getting hauled off in unmarked vans from its property. When I reached out for this column, I got the usual

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