After a third U.S. citizen protesting federal immigration enforcement was detained in San Francisco this month, a coalition of labor unions is warning that the recent actions mark yet another escalation in Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity.
Representatives of more than five local unions rallied outside the federal courthouse where Angélica Guerrero was arraigned Thursday. Guerrero was arrested by federal law enforcement agents Wednesday amid an altercation outside the city’s ICE field office following the detention of an immigrant attending an asylum hearing.
“This is a union household. These are not the damn criminals this administration is talking about that they’re trying to clean the country of,” said Olga Miranda, who heads the Service Employees International Union chap