Sen. Alex Padilla delivered a speech on the Senate floor, almost a week after being forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's​ news conference in Los Angeles.

California Democratic Senator Alex Padilla grew emotional as he took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to speak about being physically dragged out of a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles.

California Senator Alex Padilla delivered an emotional address on the Senate floor today, recounting his forceful removal from a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference last week, an incident that others are now characterizing as a deliberate act of political theater.

California Senator Alex Padilla warned that threats to rights and liberties under Donald Trump's actions extend beyond California, urging Democrats, Republicans, and independents to "speak up and to push back" to protect Americans' freedom.

After his high profile detainment and handcuffing at a news conference in Los Angeles, Sen. Alex Padilla warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s actions in California are a signal of what he will do to other states.

California’s U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials Thursday morning.

Welker also asked Schiff for his thoughts on a scuffle on Thursday in which federal agents manhandled, handcuffed and removed Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference after he interrupted with a question.

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on June 15, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: And we're joined now by California Senator Alex Padilla.