By U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Growing up in the northeastern San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in the 1980s and ’90s, I knew what could happen if you didn’t completely cooperate with law enforcement. Even so, it was jarring last...

By Jesús Rodríguez and Sabrina Rodriguez Last week, a Democratic senator walked into a news conference with questions. He left in handcuffs. “Is this really happening?” Alex Padilla thought to himself. This week, he’s thinking about what happened. “Never did...

By Claudia Grisales Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to emotionally describe the moments that led to him being forcefully removed from a news conference last week focused on the Trump administration’s response to the...

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Michael R. Blood Sen. Alex Padilla on Tuesday encouraged Americans to peacefully protest against President Donald Trump’s administration and said it’s “it’s time to wake up” in his first extended remarks in the Senate since...

Five days after Sen. Alex Padilla was shoved and handcuffed by federal officers, a New York City mayoral candidate was arrested by masked agents at an immigration court. Sen. Padilla joins The Weeknight to sound the alarm on Trump’s use...

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to condemn what he calls President Trump’s “unprecedented militarization” of Los Angeles. Sen. Padilla along with the entire Senate Democratic Caucus are demanding the immediate withdrawal of all military forces from...