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The Florida Republican Party was selling merchandise like T-shirts and hats branded for the state's newest immigration deportation facility called the Deportation Depot
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However, that merchandise has now been taken down. The logo was designed to look like the Home Depot logo using a similar orange branding style
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The design featured an orange box with the Deport Depot in bold capitalized white letters arranged in a stacked stencil style font
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Items ranged from $15 to $28 on the Florida GOP's website, with proceeds going to the Republican Party of Florida
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However, after Home Depot objected, the party removed the merchandise and deleted social media posts promoting the merchandise, the Washington Post reports
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We don't allow any organization to use our branding or logo for their commercial purposes, and we did not approve this use, Beth Marlowe, a Home Depot spokeswoman, told the Post in an email Sunday
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The controversy comes as ICE has conducted raids at Home Depot stores in Los Angeles
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aiming to arrest people they believe are undocumented immigrants. The raids have led to public backlash
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In June, an ICE raid at a Home Depot in Los Angeles triggered widespread protests
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The White House responded by deploying the National Guard, a move state leaders opposed
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Home Depot told the Post it's never notified in advance when raids happen at its stores
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The Florida GOP has not commented on the logo dispute. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Lauren Kanan
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