Noem was in L.A. to address the ongoing demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on Thursday was forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to

A visibly upset Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) addressed reporters Thursday after he was roughed up by federal agents and ejected from a press conference in Los Angeles after attempting to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question.

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was unable to get off his a question for Secretary Kristi Noem when officials shoved him out of the room as he screamed “hands off!”. In this Nov. 2, 2018, file photo, then-California Secretary of State Padilla speaks in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) AP

Protests over President Trump's immigration enforcement raids and his mobilization of the Marines and National Guard in Los Angeles have spread to other major U.S. cities.

Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem are two of the loudest voices in the room encouraging Donald Trump to militarize Los Angeles, a presidential aide has disclosed. Both urged the president to federalize and deploy California Army National Guard troops and send U.

A leaked letter from the DHS secretary shows her asking to have the military arrest demonstrators in Los Angeles.

In June 2025, a rumor surfaced that U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testified to Congress that Republicans voted to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to employ people who stormed the U.