Video shows Padilla escorted out as he tries to question homeland security secretary at Los Angeles presser
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Alex Padilla, a Democratic California senator, was forcibly removed from a press conference held by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, in Los Angeles on Thursday.
He was then handcuffed and temporarily detained.
In video taken of the incident that has since gone viral on social media, Padilla is being restrained and removed from the room by multiple men.
