By Lajja Mistry
Protesters in Downtown Pittsburgh joined a national wave of demonstrations Monday, demanding the release of union leader David Huerta, who was arrested last week in Los Angeles while protesting against federal immigration raids.
A crowd of 80 to 100 people, including Mayor Ed Gainey, began the protest on the corner of Grant and Liberty by chanting, “Pittsburgh is a union town. We don’t want no ICE around.”
The demonstration was part of a coordinated effort across multiple cities. Local elected officials and members from a range of union and advocacy groups — including Service Employees International Union [SEIU], of which Huerta is the California branch president, Casa San Jose, United Steelworkers, Indivisible and Bricklayers Allied Craftworkers — joined forces to voice their support.
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