Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed and handcuffed while trying to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question at a press conference in Los Angeles. This incident, caught on video, raised alarms among Padilla's colleagues and drew attention to the aggressive immigration enforcement actions of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Padilla criticized the treatment he received and emphasized that such an approach may reflect broader systemic issues affecting immigrant workers in the community. The DHS defended its actions by claiming Padilla disrupted the event and ignored commands to step back.
If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the DHS responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers, throughout the LA community and throughout California and throughout the country.
Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers' repeated commands, the department said in a statement posted on X.
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