David Huerta, the president of California’s powerful public sector union, was released from the hospital but remained in federal custody Saturday after suffering injuries when federal officials arrested him during a protest.

The arrest of labor leader David Huerta in Los Angeles has put unions on the leading edge of resistance to mounting authoritarianism.

The longtime labor activist was injured and taken into custody on Friday outside a DTLA business targeted as location as part of a series of federal raids across the city

On the House floor, Rep. Becca Balint voiced strong support for SEIU California leader David Huerta, who was arrested in Los Angeles while peacefully protesting. She warned that the Trump administration’s escalating pattern of targeting judges,