XPost: alt.society.labor-unions, alt.politics.socialism.democratic, alt.politics.immigration
XPost: alt.los-angeles, sac.politics
Service Employees International Union California President David Huerta
was injured and detained while documenting an immigration enforcement raid
in downtown Los Angeles Friday, labor union officials said � prompting
protests and calls for his release.
Huerta, 58, was treated at a hospital and then transferred to the
Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown L.A., where he remained in
custody as of 5:30 p.m., according to a spokesperson for the labor union. Protesters spray-painted the center with messages such as �F� ICE,� �Burn Prisons� and �Abolish ICE.�
�What happened to me is not about me; This is about something much
bigger,� he said in a statement from the hospital. �This is about how we
as a community stand together and resist the injustice that�s happening. Hard-working people, and members of our family and our community, are
being treated like criminals. We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice.�
The labor union said in a statement that Huerta was detained while �while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law
enforcement activity.�
Federal authorities, however, said Huerta deliberately obstructed federal agents� access to a worksite where they were executing a warrant by
blocking their vehicle.
Agents executed four search warrants across L.A. Friday related to the suspected harboring of people illegally in the country, according to
Yasmeen Pitts O�Keefe, a spokesperson for Homeland Security
Investigations, a branch of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
�Let me be clear: I don�t care who you are � if you impede federal agents,
you will be arrested and prosecuted,� U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli wrote in a statement on X. �No one has the right to assault, obstruct, or interfere
with federal authorities carrying out their duties.�
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-06/seiu-president-david- huerta-injured-arrested-during-l-a-ice-raids
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