Immigrant rights advocates were scheduled to begin a “community stoppage” on Monday night with a 24-hour boycott of several businesses and rallies opposing federal immigration enforcement operations.

The action was being organized by several groups including the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles (CHIRLA), Service Employees International Union Local 721, Central American Resource Center of Los Angeles and the Garment Worker Center. Participants were being urged to join events scheduled for Tuesday and to support individuals and families affected by immigration raids.

The coalition also called for a boycott of Home Depot, Target, Walmart and fast food restaurants.

“These corporations whether implicitly or not have allowed their facilities to be used as places where federal

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