SAN DIEGO, CA – Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee with oversight over federal elections, released the following statement following U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) threats to California elections officials in an...

SAN DIEGO, CA – Today, Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) released a Senate Democrats’ Election Protection Task Force report encouraging voters to...

This is Padilla’s fourth unannounced oversight visit of an ICE facility this month and seventh in California this year, as the Trump Administration escalates immigration enforcement operations across the state. Photos and b-roll here. Spanish b-roll is here. SAN DIEGO,...

DOJ is also relying on the same unreliable data in its ongoing attempt to block counting of 20,000 ballots in California SACRAMENTO, CA – A federal judge in the Northern District of California blocked DHS agents in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New...

This is Padilla’s third unannounced oversight visit of an ICE detention center this month as the Trump Administration escalates immigration enforcement operations across California. Photos here. Video HERE. SACRAMENTO, CA — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) conducted an unannounced oversight visit today to...

Padilla unpacks allegations that the White House, DOJ leadership, and FBI leadership directed unconstitutional investigations into protestors and demands invoking 25th Amendment WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, released a video highlighting the Trump...