HOME DEPOT CENTER DRAWS PROTESTERS.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer BURBANK - About 125 protesters - both opponents and proponents - rallied outside a day labor center Day Labor Center Models In the last twelve years in the US, there have emerged two main models of day laborer programs: the social service agency model day labor program (the traditional model that San Francisco, Los Angeles, and many other cities based their programs on) next to a new Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box on Saturday morning. Under an arrangement with the city of Burbank, Home Depot built the center and pays $94,000 to underwrite maintenance and operation of the 2,000-square-foot, fenced-in facility, which is run by Catholic Charities. But the site has stirred controversy, with opponents saying it is attracting illegal immigrants. Don Silva, 39, of Reseda, regional director for Save Our State, an anti-illegal immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. group, said Saturday the group believes the real problem is that the federal government isn't enforcing immigration laws immigration laws npl → leyes fpl de inmigración immigration laws npl → lois fpl sur l'immigration immigration laws npl . ``Home Depot is trying to become a one-stop shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into and get an edge over its competitors,'' Silva said, noting the center makes it possible to both buy supplies for a construction project and hire the labor for the project all at the same time. Kathryn Gallagher, Home Depot public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most manager for the western division, said the company doesn't allow solicitors on its property, and the center solves a public safety issue by giving day laborers a safer place to seek work than the store's parking lot or on nearby street corners. Saturday's rally was generally peaceful, according to police, with the SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). group chanting ``USA! USA! USA!'' and waving American flags and signs that read ``Stop exploiting illegals, clean your own houses etc.'' and ``Americans will work any jobs if paid respectable wages.'' Tony Dolz, 47, of Santa Monica, said he supports legal immigration; Cuban born, he is now a U.S. citizen, and also is running for the 41st Assembly District. ``I would like to see the laws that are on the books enforced,'' Dolz said. ``You cannot call someone a racist for wanting the laws enforced.'' Counterdemonstrators lined both sides of the street, chanting ``SOS! KKK! Racist scum, go away!'' and waving their own signs that read ``White racists get off our continent'' and ``All Europeans are illegal immigrants since 1492.'' ``It doesn't take a rocket scientist Rocket Scientist In the world of finance, these are people with science and math degrees who work in the finance field building highly advanced quantitative finance models. These models help banking, insurance and investment firms to price financial instruments. to understand that people are here because they want to feed their families and to look for a future,'' said Pablo Alvarado, 38, of Pasadena, with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. It's a matter of supply and demand, added B. Loewe, also with the network. ``Day laborers play an important role in the U.S. economy by providing homeowners and contractors with a ready and hard-working supply of temporary laborers,'' Loewe said. Lisa M. Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com |
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