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Unions and allies in California and across the United States on Saturday are demanding the immediate release
of David Huerta, president of SEIU California and SEIU-United Service Workers West,
after the highly regarded labor leader was injured and then arrested while witnessing a raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Friday.
“SEIU California members call for the immediate release of our President,
David Huerta, who was injured and detained at the site of one of today’s ICE raids in Los Angeles,”
said Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California, in a statement.
In a later update, the union said Huerta
— a veteran labor leader whose union represents over 45,000 janitors, airport workers, security guards, and other property service workers
— had been released from the hospital where he received treatment for injuries sustained during his arrest,
but that he remained in custody
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