In today’s News and Commentary, federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against the president of the SEIU, Massachusetts nurses file an unfair labor practice against Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Democratic lawmakers push to remove 35-year-old caps on damages in employment discrimination cases.
In Los Angeles, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the criminal charges against David Huerta, president of SEIU California, more than a year after his arrest during protests against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. Under the agreement, the case will be fully dropped by the end of August provided Huerta continues meeting his pretrial release conditions. Huerta was arrested in June 2025 outside a Los Angeles business where agents were executing a search warrant. Authorities alleged he blocked a driveway gate and encouraged others to obstruct access. Prosecutors initially brought a felony obstruction charge, downgraded it to a misdemeanor in October, and have now abandoned it. Huerta said he was tackled, pepper-sprayed and detained for exercising his constitutional right to protest. He called it part of the Trump administration’s broader “weaponization of the judicial system.” His attorneys made a similar statement, saying this case sought to “silence criticism of the administration’s improper immigration actions.”
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