Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed after forced removal from DHS press conference

Police put Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., in handcuffs after forcibly removing him from a press conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Padilla had entered the room and interrupted Noem as she was speaking about her department's plans to continue deportation efforts in California, even as the Trump administration's recent immigration enforcement operations have stirred a wave of protests.

Padilla's office said in a statement after the incident that he is not currently being detained.

Video shared with NBC News' Jacob Soboroff by Padilla's staff shows two officers pulling the senator by the arms after he enters the room.

"I am Senator Alex Padilla," he says as the officers push him toward an exit and he pushes back with his body, the video shows.

"I have questions for the secretary, because the fact of the matter is, a half a dozen violent criminals that you're rotating on your, on your," Padilla says before being overwhelmed by multiple officers and shoved out of the room.

The video shows Padilla is then moved to a hallway where three officers put him on his knees, push him onto his stomach and order him to put his hands behind his back before handcuffing him.

A voice is then heard on the video saying that no recording is allowed in the hallway.

"Senator Padilla is currently in Los Angeles exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the federal government's operations in Los Angeles and across California," the statement from Padilla's office said.

"He was in the federal building to receive a briefing with General Guillot and was listening to Secretary Noem's press conference. He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information."

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