Senator Alex Padilla of California on Thursday was forcibly removed and handcuffed after interrupting a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in a startling episode that deepened partisan tensions over the Trump Administration’s expanded immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles.

Videos from an early morning immigration enforcement operation showed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accompanying numerous federal agents raiding a Huntington Park home Thursday. Resident Sabrina Medina and her neighbors recorded the video after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents started banging on her front door.

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.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not hold back as she accused Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum of inciting the violent protests that are gripping Los Angeles. The post Trump’s DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Accuses Mexico’s President of Inciting LA Protests From Oval Office: ‘I Condemn Her’ first appeared on Mediaite.