For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting
Monday, April 20th, 2026
Contact: Salvador G, sgsarmiento@ndlon.org
REPAIR Act will require stores to come clean about ICE arrests on properties
Sacramento, CA – On Tuesday, a state bill that would help address the lack of information and widespread fear about ICE raids taking place at big box home improvement stores like Home Depot, will be heard by the state Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Tom Umberg. (Agenda here)
The REPAIR Act (SB1103) is authored by Senator Sasha Renée Pérez and sponsored by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), and endorsed by community organizations and day laborer centers across the state of California.
Over the past year, large home improvement retailers, such as Home Depot, have become the site of ongoing human rights crises – DHS/ICE raids, arrests and dozens of cases of abuse. Meanwhile the companies have been completely silent and even unwilling to share basic information about what is happening at their stores.
The lack of information, and threat of ICE violence, has been a serious concern for customers, neighbors, and day laborers going about their business. Those affected include workers and home-owners trying to rebuild after the LA fires in early 2025, and families trying to find and support loved one after ICE arrests and incidents of abuse.Specifically, to address this crisis of misinformation and lack of transparency, the REPAIR Act would establish straight-forward transparency requirements for big box home improvement stores when there is immigration enforcement at their stores.
In the past two weeks, over 3,000 people have signed a petition calling on Home Depot to “do the right thing” and share what they know about ICE’s raids at their stores:
When asked, [Home Depot] won’t even tell the public which locations have been hit, or what the company is doing in response. Communities are left guessing what is true, what is rumor, and whether it is safe to go about daily life…
At a bare minimum, the company should share what it knows. It should provide customers, workers, and neighbors with accurate information about the raids its stores are attracting.
While the raids are literally intended to cause chaos, confusion and fear, little has been done to mitigate the crisis at these stores. SB1103 would begin to repair that harm and help ensure transparency and accountability.
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