Several detained when federal agents sweep Home Depot parking lots in North County

Several detained when federal agents sweep Home Depot parking lots in North County

Federal immigration agents took several people into custody during sweeps outside Home Depot stores in Encinitas and San Marcos on Thursday. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said that it was a Border Patrol operation. Border Patrol officials did not return requests for information about the arrests. The operation came on the second day of the federal government shutdown, in which federal law enforcement officers are generally …