“I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary“, Said the Democratic legislator, who is a member of the Senate Immigration Judicial Subcommittee when the authorities took him by force from the Chamber and arrested him.
The Padilla office explained in a statement that the senator is in Los Angeles “exercising his right to do Congressional Supervision of Federal Government’s operations”In the city and through California.
“He was in the federal building to receive a report from General Guillot and was listening to the press conference of the secretary Noem, he tried to ask When he was taken to the ground and handcuff“The office added, which clarified that the senator is not detained.
A video showed how the senator, born in California of Mexican migrant parents, was thrown to the floor out of the conference and handcuff.
Padilla, the first Latino to reach the US Senate for California, has been a strong critic of the migratory operations ordered by US President Donald Trump and the deployment of about 5,000 soldiers To contain manifestations.
United States Senator Alex Padilla Was Representing the Millions of Californians Who Are Demanding Answers to this Administration’s Actions in Southern California.
This is a Shameful and Stunning Abuse of Power.pic.twitter.com/odtnb92je4
– Kamala Harris (@kamalaharris) June 12, 2025
Noem, which was present in the city to defend migratory raidswho have unleashed the protests, was talking when It was interrupted by the incident in which the Democratic Senator was taken by several officersalthough he resisted and asked to stay.
After being questioned by the press, Noem said he had no concerted appointment with Padilla to listen about his concerns and described Senator’s entry as “inappropriate”.
For her part, the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, described as “abominable and outrageous“, May the senator be taken to push.
The Democrat also highlighted in an X message that Padilla is a senator of the United States in exercise. “The violent attacks of this government against our city must end“He insisted