Noem took to X (formerly Twitter) to share an update about the incident. “After he interrupted our press conference with law enforcement, I met with Senator Padilla for 15 minutes,” she revealed.

This incident must be investigated, and everyone involved held accountable. “Kristi Noem went to Los Angeles to help this Administration inflame and escalate a problem they are causing.

Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was dragged out of a Department of Homeland Security press conference, forced to the ground, and handcuffed by members of the FBI after attempting to ask DHS ...

And so, I tell them, ‘Let’s go listen to the press conference.’ They escort me over to that room,” Padilla told MSNBC. “The folks that were escorting me in the building walked me over.

She held a press conference last week in California where U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, was forcibly removed as he tried to speak to Noem about immigration raids.

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla is pushed out of the room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025.

LOS ANGELES — Democratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on Thursday was forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as ...