ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what
that means?
The arrest of union leaderr David Huerta is going to have a major
impact on the coming months as deportations continue.
Huerta was taken to the hospital for treatment, then into custody,
where he remains until a Monday arraignment.
Unions in California are different from those in other places.
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"They have woke us up," Tia Orr told me Saturday morning. She's the
executive director of the 700,000-strong Service Employees
International Union California, of which Huerta is a part, and the
first African American and Latina to lead the organization.
"And I think they've woke people up across the nation, certainly in
California, and people are ready to get to action," she added. "I
haven't seen that in a long time. I don't know that I've seen
something like that before, and so yes, it is going to result in
action that I believe is going to be historical."
While unions have voiced their disapproval of mass deportations since
the MAGA threat first manifested, the unions' might has not gone full
force against them, taking instead a bit of a wait-and-see approach.
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And for those of you who have watched the video of Huerta's arrest,
we've seen a middle-aged Latino man in a plaid button-down be roughly
pushed by authorities in riot gear until he falls backward, and seems
to strike his head on the curb. Huerta was, according to a television
interview with Mayor Karen Bass, pepper-sprayed as well. Then he was
taken to the hospital for treatment, then into custody, where he
remains until a Monday arraignment.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-07/chabria-column-ice-arrest-california-union-leader
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