Sen. Alex Padilla speaks during a press conference at the Federal Building on Wilshire Blvd Thursday, June 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Luke Johnson/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Padilla was pushed out of the room by the Secret Service and briefly arrested after trying to ask the secretary a question in the middle of her remarks.
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While he was wearing a shirt marked "United States Senate" and identified himself by name, he was not wearing his security pin.
"I was forced to the ground," he said in a Senate floor speech about the incident, saying that officers would not answer why he was being detained.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference regarding the recent protests in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)
The secretary was in Los Angeles to address the anti-ICE protests and riots that unfolded in the city as federal authorities conducted immigration enforcement efforts in the region. Fox News Digital reached out to Padilla's office to see if he had been contacted by the DOJ.
However, Padilla is far from the only one who has made waves for protesting ICE and DHS. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., was arraigned in federal court on Wednesday for allegedly "forcibility impeding and interfering with federal officers" during a protest outside the Delaney Hall Federal Immigration Facility in Newark on May 9. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was also arrested at the May 9 protest on a trespassing charge that was later dropped.
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"I pleaded not guilty because I'm not guilty. We will fight this," McIver said outside the courthouse.
In New York City, comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested and then released for allegedly "assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer," DHS said last week. He was holding onto an individual that immigration court authorities were trying to take into custody, according to the Associated Press.
DHS said last week that ICE agents are facing a 500% uptick in assaults as opposition to the Trump administration's immigration policies continue.
Fox News' Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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