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Padilla removed during Secretary Noem's news conference Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited L.A. Thursday morning to provide an update on the immigration operations and protests in Southern California. Noem was describing what she called the "burdensome leadership" of California's governor and the mayor of Los Angeles, when Padilla interrupted and attempted to ask a question before being pushed from the room. He could be heard yelling, "I'm Sen. Alex Padilla and I have questions for the secretary," as he was escorted out of the room. Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat from California, is removed from the room after interrupting a news conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images "The Department of Homeland Security and the officers, agencies, departments and military personnel working on this operation will continue to sustain and increase our operations in this city. We are not going away," Noem said. "We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert to this city." Padilla said he was in the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood for a scheduled briefing when he went to listen to Noem's speech. Following the interruption and towards the end of the news conference, Noem defended Mr. Trump's deployment of the military. "The idea of bringing more, yeah, I would say the President has the right to utilize every authority that he has under the Constitution, to to utilize title 10 and to bring in military assets and National Guard units as needed, and he'll continue to assess that and use his prerogative to decide when it's necessary," she said. Prior to the federal judge's ruling, She added that officials are "pre-deploying assets" in Southern California and other areas, ahead of the weekend. "We are assessing this weekend's threat levels, not just here, but in cities across the country, and pre-deploying assets," Noem said. "We're using every tool that we have in our toolbox and pre-staging people, task forces, special swift response teams, people with specific gifts and talents that they can contribute to areas that we think they may be needed this weekend, so that we can prevent any kind of violence from being perpetuated."
