Framing of Sen. Padilla’s forceful removal from press conference latest immigration flash point

The fallout from the forceful removal of Sen. Alex Padilla from a Department of Homeland Security press conference this week ramped up on Friday, June 13, with one high-profile Republican congressmember saying the Californian should be charged with a crime and a cohort of 20 Democratic representatives calling for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to testify before a House oversight committee.
Padilla was forcibly removed from a Thursday press conference during which Department of Homeland Security Secre