Overview

• Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed and handcuffed by federal agents after he identified himself and tried to question Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during her Los Angeles news conference
• The Department of Homeland Security said Secret Service agents believed Padilla lunged at the secretary and failed to comply with repeated commands to step back
• Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass condemned the use of force as dictatorial, and Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski joined Democrats in denouncing Padilla’s treatment
• A San Francisco federal judge ruled that President Trump illegally seized the California National Guard but the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily stayed that order
• Nationwide protests against Trump’s immigration enforcement and Padilla’s handcuffing are planned for Saturday as a separate court prepares to rule on the deployment’s legality