[naturalmovement]

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

[ethagnawl]

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

[abalashov]

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

[kevin_thibedeau]

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.

[naturalmovement]

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

[abalashov]

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

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