The federal government had charged Huerta<\/a>, who leads Service Employees International Union California, with a misdemeanor, accusing him of obstructing, resisting, or opposing a federal officer during the first day of immigration sweeps across the region. Prosecutors had originally charged him with a felony, which carried a maximum sentence of six years in prison.<\/p>\nThe charge against Huerta goes back to June 6, 2025, when he showed up at Ambiance Apparel in downtown L.A., a workplace where federal authorities were executing a warrant. He was arrested and held for three nights in the Metropolitan Detention Center Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
In the original criminal complaint filed in June, a federal agent described Huerta and others gathering outside of a gate at the workplace “effectively preventing law enforcement vehicles from entering or exiting the premises through the gate to execute the search warrant.”<\/p>\n
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According to SEIU, Huerta was injured during his arrest and treated at a hospital while in federal custody. The union said that he was exercising his First Amendment right to document law enforcement.<\/p>\n
“It has been the objective of my attorneys to defend me against an administration that has violated the very foundation of our civil rights as a society and country,” Huerta said in a statement provided by SEIU. “Our motions exposed a case that never should have been brought because it violated my constitutional rights.”<\/p>\n
Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Los Angeles, said in a statement that the criminal case against Huerta should be fully dismissed by the end of the month. McEvoy said Huerta had “been compliant” with the terms of his bond.<\/p>\n
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