And it's not an accident that Flock cameras were implicated in many ICE raids at Home Depot and Lowe's, either.

Was that because of the cameras, or because illegal day laborers have been known to congregate in home center parking lots for 30+ years.

It was both, of course, but it's not an accident they were placed there at scale.

I disagree, I see them all over the place, it is due to shoplifting.

It is also due to shoplifting. They wouldn't get deployed if nobody could justify them in any way.

https://prospect.org/2026/05/21/home-depot-lowes-downplay-cu...

My Home Depot, on the north coast, was selling off cases of Jarritos a few months ago. They very much cater to the day laborers.

I hear you, but a little foray into history may convince you that this kind of two-facedness and speaking out of both sides of one's mouth is actually quite common.

This is particularly true when the decisionmakers for the one (ICE cooperation) and the other (selling Jarritos and catering to day labourers more generally), and all the more true if there's revenue attached to doing both.

Then surely they're being used to bust the people hiring them, too ... Right?

Surely.