David Huerta, Los Angeles
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SEIU California leader David Huerta pressed to raise wages for custodians and other workers for decades before he was detained at a Los Angeles immigration protest.
Hundreds gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, calling for the release of a union leader who was arrested at an immigration enforcement operation last week.
David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union of California, was arrested while protesting immigration raids on work sites in Los Angeles.