Padilla said he was not detained and not arrested. Split image: U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla taken to ground outside DHS news conference in Los Angeles. June 12, 2025 ...

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed from a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday after he tried to question Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a media event related ...

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from a press conference in Los Angeles by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem said the Justice Department would find and prosecute ...

Sen. Alex Padilla speaks after he was forcibly removed after interrupting a news conference being held by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, in Los Angeles, June 12, 2025.

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., walks to the Senate chambers on Tuesday to deliver his first remarks on the Senate floor since he was forcefully removed from a DHS press conference last week.

US Senator Alex Padilla, who interrupted the press conference held by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, is removed from the venue, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025.

Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants, has been a leading voice for immigration reform in Congress. On June 12, he got national attention when he was handcuffed by law enforcement officials after he ...