"I'm increasingly concerned with the growing cases of people in the United States who have fled oppressive regimes and are being detained and held for possible deportation."

Sen. Alex Padilla criticized Kristi Noem after being escorted from a DHS news conference, questioning her awareness and response to his presence.

Noem was in L.A. to address the ongoing protests against President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Federal agents handcuffed Padilla after his removal.

With protests blanketing the United States over the immigration crackdown — which is to say nothing of “No Kings Day” on Saturday — boxer Ryan Garcia couldn’t sit back anymore as Los Angeles, his home, has been wracked with ICE raids, protests and upheaval.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is promising to move forward with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Los Angeles despite the waves of unrest

Senator Alex Padilla was removed and briefly detained during a DHS press conference in Los Angeles while attempting to question Secretary Kristi Noem. The incident, captured on video, sparked outrage and accusations of abuse of power.

LOS ANGELES - U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-California) was physically shoved out of the room Thursday during a news conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, where he was also briefly put into handcuffs by the FBI.

“We need to subpoena Kristi Noem!” Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost declared in a House Oversight hearing featuring testimony from three Democratic governors about immigration policy ...

"There is no justification for the disgusting way Senator Padilla was forcibly removed and handcuffed by FBI agents today."

The incident represents a continuation of the muddied discourse over the Trump administration’s immigration policy.

America seems headed to an angry and ugly place. Inflammatory incidents, rhetoric and dissent unleashed by President Donald Trump’s tough immigration crackdown are inexorably building political pressure as a polarized nation barrels into the heat of summer.