Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) teared up during a Tuesday speech on the Senate floor while recounting being “physically” and “aggressively forced out” of last week’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference in Los Angeles.

Calls grow for Kristi Noem to resign in the wake of Padilla incident - California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell leads calls for Homeland Security Secretary to step down after senator forcibly removed

A security analyst broke down three distinct moments of Senator Padilla's confrontation at Secretary Noem's event, defending agents' actions while warning it will be closely reviewed.

Congressional Republicans have mostly dismissed the Padilla melee as just another stunt by Democrats. Several House Democrats recently had a run-in with federal immigration officers at a facility in New Jersey, an incident that resulted in federal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) for interfering with law enforcement.

California Sen. Alex Padilla is getting plenty of mileage out of his scuffle with the Secret Service and federal authorities in Los Angeles Thursday. Padilla’s Senate and campaign X.com

Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined the chorus of Democrats criticizing Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem after Sen. Alex Padilla was stopped by Secret Service agents after interrupting a DHS

During his Friday appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy warned that America has reached "a point of no return," following California Senator Alex Padilla's forceful removal from a Thursday press conference with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.