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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.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks out on a California Democratic senator's interruption during a press conference on "The Story."

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said a migrant threatened to kill the president. Law enforcement thinks he was framed.

Bustamante Leiva’s attorney could not be reached for comment about the ... individual is a career criminal who has been in our country illegally for years,” Noem wrote in a post to X.

The allegedly forged letter duped the White House and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who shared it on social media.

The investigation revealed alleged criminal activity ... This story was updated with comment from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and to reflect that there was a second arrest.