Alex Padilla

I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary.

Because the fact of the matter is, she has a half dozen violent criminals on rotation.

If they’re willing to do this to me, a United States senator representing the state of California, just imagine how it’s going with their immigration enforcement on the streets.

If this is how the DHS responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they are doing to farmworkers, cooks, day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country.

If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and…

I’m Sen. Alex Padilla.

How many Americans in the year 2025 see a vindictive president on a tour of retribution?

I was there peacefully. At one point I had a question, and so I began to ask a question.

Hands off, hands off. I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary.

I encourage everybody to please peacefully protest – just like I was calmly and peacefully listening in that press conference.

That's ridiculous. It's a lie but par for the course for this administration.

You’d think she might have started the meeting with an apology for what happened? Of course not.

I am Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary.

There was no threat. There was no lunging. I raised my voice to ask a question.

If this how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day…

If they’re willing to do this to a United States senator representing the state of California, just imagine how it’s going with their immigration enforcement.

I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary.

If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the…

federal troops be immediately removed from the city.

We will hold this administration accountable.

There was no threat. There was no lunging.

I am Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the secretary.

We will hold this administration accountable.

The National Guard, to your point, it's not only not necessary here, it's counterproductive.

Los Angeles is my home. I am the proud son of immigrants from Mexico who worked so hard, who sacrificed so much to live their American dream.