U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference hosted by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem Thursday morning in Los Angeles, according to video of the incident posted to social media.

Alex Padilla says FBI escorted him to Noem press conference before he was wrestled to the ground for interrupting - Senator rubbishes claims he did not identify himself and ‘barged’ into Homeland Secu

The confrontation was caught on video by dozens of journalists and later took the internet by storm at the sight of a U.S. senator being taken down to the ground by federal agents

Video shows a Secret Service special agent on Noem's detail grabbing Padilla by his jacket and shoving him from the room, as the senator struggles to catch his breath while identifying himself.

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed and forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s immigration press conference - The Democratic senator had interrupted the DHC chief during her protest press conference,

Outraged and demanding accountability, House Democrats are calling on U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to testify before Congress after her protective detail tackled and handcuffed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) during a press conference—despite video (below) showing Padilla clearly identifying himself by name,

Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was pushed out of the conference room by several men while attempting to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question at a conference in Los Angeles

Outraged and demanding accountability, House Democrats are calling on U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to testify before Congress after her protective detail tackled and handcuffed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) during a press conference—despite video (below) showing Padilla clearly identifying himself by name,