Video shows a Secret Service special agent on Noem's detail grabbing Padilla by his jacket and shoving him from the room, as the senator struggles to catch his breath while identifying himself.

Democrat Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed by federal agents during a June 12 press conference in Los Angeles, sparking national outrage and raising concerns about civil rights and the treatment of elected officials.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called for Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) to face criminal charges after a chaotic encounter at a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference, where Padilla was handcuffed and forcibly removed by law enforcement.

The administration of President Donald Trump swiftly sought to downplay a Thursday incident in which Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was roughly pinned to the ground and briefly handcuffed during a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in Los Angeles as part of a broad federal response to public demonstrations against immigration raids.

Padilla has ‘serious questions’ for Noem after he was dragged from press conference: ‘How does she not know the senator from California?’ - California senator says Noem’s resignation is not his top co

Longtime Republican strategist Sarah Longwell urged sitting senators in her party to defend Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), who was handcuffed and forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday. “I’m Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the secretary