Alex Padilla

Instead of going after criminals, this administration has chosen to double down on raiding workplaces and profiling people who are out driving, creating widespread fear and panic that is hurting our economy and society.

Trump's cruel and inhumane mass deportation agenda has turned communities across Los Angeles into ghost towns.

I rise to introduce the America's Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act. After a 26-year absence, the Olympics are making a big return to American soil with Los Angeles, CA and Salt Lake City, UT, set to host the 2028…

We know our economy depends on the essential contributions of immigrants. California is the fourth-largest economy in the world not in spite of immigrants, but because of their contributions not only as a workforce, but as consumers and as…

The numbers don't lie: the majority of Americans agree that immigration is overwhelmingly good for our country and our economy.

Yeah, and first of all, talk about grievance, right? And it’s part of the cruelty of the bill.

So all this cruelty that you’re seeing, it’s not just going to be scaled up.

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.

Armored vehicles. Tactical gear. Military-grade weapons. All for the show. This isn't security—it's intimidation. And it has no place in our communities.

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 shielding federal agents from basic…

Their plan to blow up the Senate rulebook and sidestep nonpartisan scorekeepers is unprecedented and further demonstrates their complete hypocrisy when it comes to the filibuster.

If this is how the Trump administration treats a U.S. Senator in broad daylight, imagine what they're doing to immigrants behind closed doors.

We cannot stay silent. We will not back down.

We need policies that grow our economy and keep families together, not ones that terrorize our communities and make it harder for everyone to make ends meet.

The Supreme Court's ruling today undermines equal justice under the law.

The Trump administration's mass deportation agenda and push to strip work permits from hardworking immigrants will not just tear families apart, it will raise costs for every American.

The name-swap was an indicator of how petty and unserious this administration is.

I’m Sen. Alex Padilla! I have questions for the secretary!

If Republicans have their way, we will never get our public lands back once they are privatized.

It’s just an indicator of how petty and unserious this administration is.

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.

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.

What we've seen here should not be normalized.

I'm OK. But if they can do that to me, a United States senator...what are they doing to a lot of folks out there when the cameras are not on?

Padilla recounts 'being handcuffed just for trying to ask a question'