A prominent California union leader is facing a federal charge after he was arrested on Friday, June 9 while monitoring an immigration raid in Los Angeles.

Union leader David Huerta has been released from federal custody on a $50,000 bond following his arrest during an ICE raid in Los Angeles.

SEIU California President David Huerta was released on a $50,000 bond after being arrested during a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California union leader has been charged with conspiring to impede an officer during a demonstration over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, authorities said Monday.

That’s one reason so many leading Democrats jumped to his defense.   David Huerta, the 58-year-old president of a statewide janitor’s union and of the Service Employees International Union California,

The protest, one of several planned this week, comes as the Trump administration continues to push for increased ICE enforcement.

Australian television journalist Lauren Tomasi was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet Sunday while reporting live from downtown Los Angeles on the large-scale protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and subsequent deployment of California National Guard troops to the city.