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"It's all BS coming from Trump." Sen. Alex Padilla gets emotional talking to @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social about the treatment of immigrants from the Trump admin. hours after being forcibly removed from a DHS press conference. Watch the FULL interview on YouTube:

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Sen. Alex Padilla says he was asking a question when he was forced to the ground and handcuffed at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's event. No charges are expected, sources say. Read more:

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Democrats rally to defend Sen. Padilla after forcible removal from DHS press conference.

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The Homeland Security secretary's claim about Sen. Alex Padilla quickly backfired on social media.

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from a news conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles. Follow live updates:

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While Democrats slammed the Trump administration for resorting to authoritarian tactics, GOP lawmakers blamed Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) for the ugly episode.

If this is how they treat a U.S. senator, Padilla wondered, what are they doing behind closed doors?

Meanwhile, Republicans cast Democrats as the ones welcoming the chaos.

Video shows Padilla being restrained and ejected as he tries to question homeland security secretary at press event Alex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, in Los Angeles on Thursday. In video taken of the incident that has since gone viral on social media, Padilla is seen being restrained and removed from the room by Secret Service and FBI agents. Continue reading...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California has been forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to speak up about immigration raids that have led to protests in California and elsewhere.

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

US Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from a press conference and handcuffed as he tried to confront Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she briefed reporters on a federal immigration crackdown in Los Angeles.

Protests over immigration raids have broken out in several other cities, including Chicago, New York, San Antonio and Spokane, Washington.

“If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question … you can only imagine what they’re doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers,” Padilla said.

BREAKING: Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after interrupting a news conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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“If it can happen to Alex, it can happen to ... anybody,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez said.

Several Democrats referred to the incident as "fascism."

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California was removed from a DHS press briefing.

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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed from a press conference Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held in Los Angeles on Thursday. Video of the incident shared by a Fox News reporter shows multiple men restraining Padilla and working to remove him from the room.

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Sen. Alex Padilla was removed from a press conference DHS Sec. Kristi Noem was holding Thursday.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the video of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) being forcibly removed from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and throw…

Democratic U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was shoved out of a room, forced to the ground and handcuffed by security after attempting to ask a question at a Thursday press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and then handcuffed after he interrupted a press conference Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held in Los Angeles. Video of the incident shar…

Democratic lawmaker had said he wanted to ask questions at the event hosted by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other federal officials.

Video of Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., being forcibly removed from Department of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference is "shocking at every level," says Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.

The office of California Democrat Sen. Alex Padilla said on Thursday he was forced to the ground and handcuffed after being removed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference with Secretary Kristi Noem about ongoing protests in California.