US EditionCivil Rights Leaders to Demand Release of SEIU President and End to ICE Raids
- David Huerta, president of SEIU California, was arrested on June 6, 2025, during an ICE raid in downtown Los Angeles.
- His arrest followed immigration raids at three locations in L.A. that day, sparking clashes between federal agents and hundreds of protesters.
- Protests organized by union leaders took place nationwide, with rallies in major cities demanding Huerta's release and an end to ICE raids and National Guard deployment.
- President Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles without consulting Governor Gavin Newsom, who condemned the decision as an infringement on state authority.
- Huerta remains in federal custody on charges of impeding officers and is expected to be arraigned, while union and political leaders vow continued resistance against immigration enforcement.
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is a Crackdown on Unions
On June 6, masked federal agents wearing tactical gear and armed with rifles mounted sweeping raids across multiple neighborhoods and workplaces in Los Angeles, California. Since then, the Los Angeles labor movement and its allies have met the moment with resistance to the Trump administration, the result of years of deep organizing on multiple fronts […]
Union Members Nationwide Demand Release of SEIU Leader Arrested During LA Protest Against ICE – Knowhere News
Philadelphia union members have joined a nationwide protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), demanding the release of David Huerta, a prominent labor leader arrested during a demonstration in Los Angeles. Huerta, president of SEIU California and SEIU-USWW, was detained by federal agents while serving as a community observer during an ICE raid. He was later charged with conspiring to impede an officer and released on a $50,…
After Huerta's release, trade unionists demanded the release of all detainees and the end of the raids.
'Everybody stood up': Why a union leader's arrest galvanized California Democrats on immigration
SEIU California leader David Huerta pressed to raise wages for custodians and other workers for decades before he was detained at a Los Angeles immigration protest.
Why an SEIU union leader’s arrest galvanized California Democrats on immigration
David Huerta, the union leader federal agents detained at an immigration protest in Los Angeles last week, is well-known to California’s Democratic leadership from his years of activism in and out of the Capitol.
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