A grassroots effort is underway to monitor ICE operations in Southern California

Source: msn/CBS News

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"I'm not an activist," Nicholls told CBS News. "We're all just regular people." Nicholls and her neighbors are part of a campaign called Adopt a Corner which comes to the Home Depot every morning to provide day laborers with information and watch out for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

"We have vulnerable people standing out here, and we need to protect everybody in our community," Nicholls said.

Home Depots have become a hotbed for immigration raids in recent months, so residents have vowed to remain a constant presence at dozens of locations across Los Angeles County, according to the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, a group which advocates for day laborers and is behind the Adopt a Corner campaign.

Their actions come as protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids have moved from large gatherings in downtown Los Angeles earlier this summer, to now smaller rallies in the suburbs.

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