DEMS accuse Trump DHS of an unprecedented ” violation ” for the detention of Senator Padilla

More than 200 Democrats in the Chamber and the Senate signed a letter condemning what they called an “unprecedented incident” in which Senator Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Was forcibly withdrawn from internal security conference last week.

Signed by 188 members of the Congress Chamber and 35 Senators, the letter accuses the Trump administration of a “potential violation of the separation of powers” and said that the incident “raises alarming issues on the conduct of federal law organizations, the coordination of protection services and the posture of the administration towards the surveillance of the Congress”.

Padilla was handcuffed and briefly owned by officers while aiming to express themselves in opposition to the immigration raids of the Trump administration who triggered troubles in Los Angeles and smaller demonstrations across the country this month.

The incident videos showed that Padilla was trying to head to Noem while talking about a podium and tried to shout the secretary, but the police intervened and forcefully arrested Padilla’s advance.

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Left: the representative Hakeem Jeffries, Dn.j. Center: Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif. Right: Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. (AP / Rod Lamkey, Jr./file and Reuters / Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / Photo file)

Padilla was finally removed from the room, brought to the floor and handcuffed, showed the videos. Fox News journalists who were present at the press conference said Padilla seemed to be detained for a while.

Padilla said: “I was not trying to be disrespectful or disruptive, and I did not think I was” and “I simply asked a question just like the members of the corps ask questions, the members of the Congress, the members of the Senate ask questions to do our work to keep the administration responsible”.

The letter, sent by the Hispanic Caucus of Congress and joined by hundreds of other legislators, was sent to the president of the Mike Johnson Chamber, R-La., And the head of the majority of the Senate John Thune, Rs.d. on Monday.

The letter was signed by the representative of the representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Dn.y., Senator John Fetterman, D-P., The minority head of the Hakeem Jeffries room, Dn.y., and the chief of the minorities of the Senate Chuck Schumer, Dn.y.

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Senator Alex Padilla was seen near Noem’s podium at the press conference.

“We write to express our deep concern concerning the shocking and deeply disturbing ill -treatment of the American senator Alex Padilla,” said legislators in the letter.

The letter stipulates that “Senator Padilla has clearly identified and acted in his rights as a member of the Congress” and that “this unprecedented incident is not simply an affront to the security protocol – this is a constitutional question – because these actions can constitute an assault against an exercise senator”.

Democrats call for a “rapid and decisive action” of the Congress Management “to maintain the dignity and the authority of the congress”.

“If members of the US Senate can be physically selected for looking for answers from executive officials, this establishes a precedent dangerous for the independence of the legislative branch,” said the letter.

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Senator Alex Padilla (Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Johnson said that his vision of Padilla’s behavior before the incident was “extremely inappropriate”, telling journalists, “you do not charge a secretary to the cabinet in place, and everyone can draw his own conclusions.”

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Thune spoke to Padilla and the Senate sergeant in Arms Jennifer Hemingway of the incident.

Responding to the letter, Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesman, told Fox News Digital that “this letter will not deceive anyone”.

“Padilla rushed to the Podium of Secretary Noem in the middle of a press conference, resisted the police and did not immediately identified,” she said. “Democrats are so desperate to talk about anything else than their supporters violently moves to that they are trying to make a martyr from a senator who acted as a breeze throwing a anger crisis.”

Stephen Sorace of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.