Union leader David Huerta has been released from federal custody on a $50,000 bond following his arrest during an ICE raid in Los Angeles.

Huerta, who leads the powerful Service Employees International Union California, was arrested at an immigration raid Friday near downtown.

Anti-ICE protests that erupted in Los Angeles over the weekend have now spread to at least 12 states in cities from New York to Chicago, Portland and Dallas. The smaller copy-cat demonstrations come as LA has been roiled by protests since Friday in response to federal agents arresting illegal migrants,

For days now, there have been both anti and pro-immigration demonstrations across the country, some ending with arrests.

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters was denied access to the Los Angeles Federal Building over the weekend when she attempted to check on Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local President David Huerta,

Law enforcement officials conducted sweeping immigration raids in Los Angeles as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown efforts and arrested 44 people for immigration-related offenses and one for "obstruction,