"Storming courthouses, grabbing students off the street, raiding places of work, and sweeping through restaurants at prime dining hours are in and of themselves tactics clearly designed to engender fear and sow chaos in the population."
"When federal immigration agents show up and pull someone off the street in plainclothes with their face obscured and no visible identification, it only escalates tensions and spreads fear while shield..."
"It’s just an indicator of how petty and unserious this administration is."
"He knows my name. He's the vice president of the United States. You'd think he'd take the situation in Los Angeles more seriously."
"If you want to talk about political theater, let's start with the thousands of troops that your administration is using as props in Los Angeles."
"If that’s what they’ll do to a United States Senator for having the audacity to simply ask a question, imagine what they’ll do to any American who dares to speak up."
"The law doesn’t apply to us, and we don’t answer to you."
"Donald Trump wants a spectacle not just to distract from his failed policies, but to justify his undemocratic crackdowns and his authoritarian power grabs."
"Padilla recounts 'being handcuffed just for trying to ask a question'"
"You've seen the video. I was pushed and pulled. Struggled to maintain my balance. I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest."
"If that is what the administration is willing to do to a United States senator for having the authority to simply ask a question, imagine what they'll do to any American who dares to speak up."