LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader of a major labor union in Southern California who was arrested while protesting an immigration raid earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge and will face trial in January.

is president of the Service Employees International Union California. He 6 while joining a large crowd of demonstrators outside a business in Los Angeles where federal agents were investigating suspected immigration violations.

Huerta was initially charged with obstruction, resistance or opposition to a federal officer — a class A felony. However, federal prosecutors dismissed the original felony charge of conspiracy to impede an officer.

On Tuesday, he entered a not guilty plea to misdemeanor obstruction of justice. His trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 20, 2026,

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