Source: In These Times
by Alex Han
“Just hours after Kilmar Abrego Garcia (a member of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers ) was returned from his extraordinary (and illegal [sic]) kidnapping and rendition to El Salvador, David Huerta (president of SEIU United Service Workers West) was taken into federal custody while participating in a rapid response to the ICE raid of a garment warehouse in Los Angeles. Neither Abrego Garcia’s kidnapping and rapid deportation nor Huerta’s arrest were a purposeful targeting of labor. But they were no accident, either. The Trump administration’s escalation and doubling down are very deliberate indeed. The reigning far Right is battling its perceived institutional enemies, whether in higher education, Big Law or even co-equal branches of government. But by baselessly and brutally attacking union members and leaders, it may have picked the wrong fight at the wrong time.” (07/24/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/an-injury-to-all-editorial-alex-han-immigrants-labor