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Durbin Statement On Federal Agents Forcefully Removing Senate Padilla From Noem's DHS Press Conference

June 12, 2025

Durbin Statement On Federal Agents Forcefully Removing Senate Padilla From Noem's DHS Press Conference

CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding the manhandling, forceful removal, and handcuffing of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) at Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles:

"The strong-arm tactics used against my colleague and friend, Senator Alex Padilla, in response to his peaceful conduct should convince all of us that the Administration's goal is about more than deporting dangerous immigrants. They are determined to suppress even peaceful dissent. Alex will survive, but will our Bill of Rights?"

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