Now the senior U.S. senator from California, Alex Padilla’s career in public service started amid intense fervor over immigration in the early 1990s. Now, it comes full circle.

Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-CA) takedown by federal law enforcement on Thursday is the focus of the latest fundraising pitches from Democrats, including the national party, lawmakers, and left-leaning political action committees.

California’s U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials Thursday morning.

Video shows Padilla dragged out, forced to the ground and handcuffed after attempting to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question during her Los Angeles press conference

D: Outrage and spin are proving the partisan fallout of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) being hauled out of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference Thursday in Los Angeles and handcuffed by federal agents.

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Bay Area Republican strategist Matt Shupe described Padilla’s attempt to abruptly question Noem “pure political theatrics.”