Home Depot Stuck with Labor Depot Tab
So the Immigration Reform bill went down in flames this morning, and among the losers is The Home Depot.
According to this report from Marketplace, the Atlanta-based company convinced Georgia Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson to squeeze an amendment in the package that would "ban local governments across the country from forcing home-improvement stores to build shelters for the day laborers who gather on their properties seeking work."
Burbank pull a day labor shelter out of The Home Depot to build an outlet there last year. They also got $94,000 from the company to pay for additional services .
But none of that matters now -- no one in Washington will be talking immigration for at least the next 18 months.
Here's the AP story.