Beth Kowitt, Columnist

Home Depot Can’t Ignore Its ICE Problem Forever

November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM UTC

Beth Kowitt is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering corporate America. She was previously a senior writer and editor at Fortune Magazine.

Ignoring ICE won’t make them go away.
Photographer: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Europe

Provide news feedback or report an error

Site feedback:

Take our Survey

There is no company in the US 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.