Labor leader David Huerta was released from custody on Monday on a $50,000 bond following his arrest last week during a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles.

Huerta, the Service Employees International Union California president, made his first appearance in court on Monday, where federal authorities in a criminal complaint charged him with conspiracy to impede an officer. The felony charge carries up to six years in federal prison, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in LA.

Chanting “Bring our brother home,” some 60 labor activists rallied in support of Huerta on Monday in front of San Francisco’s state building, part of a national chorus of protests calling for Huerta’s release.

“I am truly, truly sad by what’s going on right now,” Kristin Hardy, SEIU 1021’s San Fr

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