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Video showing Senator Alex Padilla of California being forcibly removed from a Los Angeles press conference thrown to the ground and handcuffed as generating outrage in Washington.

It happened at a news conference on immigration being held by Homeland Security Secretary Christine Nome.

Hawaii Senator called it, or chats called it outrageous.

This is the stuff of dictatorships.

It is actually happening.

A United States Senator was manhandled, shoved to the ground, and cuffed. He identified himself. I'm

Senator Alex Padilla. That should be enough. Noam did meet with Padilla for about 15 minutes after

the ejection questioned about the incident. House Speaker Mike Johnson said it merits immediate

attention. We're not going to have branches fighting physically

and having senators charging cabinet secretaries. We've got to do better, and I hope that we will.

Johnson said the incident could warrant censure on the part of the Senate. As the Trump administration

continues its immigration crackdown, President Trump seems to be backing down a bit when it comes

to the agriculture and hospitality sectors.

Following his earlier remarks on social media, Trump cited the impact on farmers and hotels as a reason to order changes, even as the administration continues deportations.

Our farmers are being hurt badly by, you know, they have very good workers. They've worked for them for them for 20 years. They're not citizens, but they've turned out to be, you know, they have very good workers. They've worked for them for 20 years. They're not

citizens, but they've turned out to be, you know, great. And we're going to have to do something

about that. We can't take farmers and take all their people and send them back because they

don't have maybe what they're supposed to have. Maybe not. However, there were no details about

what the promised order might look like. Nearly two-thirds of farm workers in the U.S. are immigrants, some of whom are in the

country illegally. 241 passengers and crew were dead along with dozens on the ground after the

crash of an Air India flight that went down in Abuabad, India shortly after takeoff. As NPR's

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