Footage on social media shows Senator Alex Padilla of California identifying himself while being blocked by agents, but not before.

Sen. Alex Padilla, in an interview with "Pod Save America," spoke about being violently kicked out of DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference yesterday in LA. Padilla said a briefing he planned to attend was delayed with the secretary arrived.

Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed and handcuffed after interrupting a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, in an episode that deepened partisan tensions over the Trump Administration’s expanded immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles.