Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gave her first extended remarks Thursday evening after a dramatic scene unfolded at a Los Angeles press conference, where Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed by federal agents.

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

Tricia McLaughlin, the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, posted a tweet Thursday afternoon defending the physical removal and detention of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) from a press conference,

California Sen. Alex Padilla was chucked out of a Los Angeles news briefing as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discussed the ongoing anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement riots that have engulfed the city — before being thrown to the ground and handcuffed.

A pregnant Huntington Park mother of four was shocked to see around a half-dozen vehicles carrying heavily armed, masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside her home Thursday morning and even more concerned when she spotted Department of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem along for the raid.

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla tried to as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question. He was instead forcibly removed from her press conference.

Department Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday promised an ongoing federal presence in Los Angeles and Southern California as immigration enforcement efforts continue.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged Thursday to carry on with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown despite waves of unrest across the U.S. Hours later a judge issued a temporary restraining order directing President Donald Trump to return control to California over National Guard troops he deployed to