WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: California Federation of Labor Unions Vice President and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta has been released from the hospital, but remains in custody, according to his Union, which posted on its Facebook Page: “We all collectively have to object to his madness because this is not justice.  This is injustice.”

Following the unlawful arrest of SEIU California President David Huerta by ICE Agents in Los Angeles, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond issued the following statement:

The nearly 15 million Working People of the AFL-CIO and our Affiliated Unions demand the immediate release of California Federation of Labor Unions Vice President and SEIU California and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta.

As the Trump Administration’s mass deportation agenda has unnecessarily targeted our hard-working Immigrant Brothers and Sisters, David was exercising his Constitutional rights and conducting legal observation of ICE activity in his community. \

He was doing what he has always done and what we do in Unions: Putting solidarity into practice and defending our fellow Workers.

In response, ICE Agents violently arrested him, physically injuring David in the process, and are continuing to detain him - a violation of David’s Civil Liberties and the freedoms this country holds dear.

The Labor Movement stands with David and we will continue to demand justice for our Union Brother until he is released.

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