Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) teared up during a Tuesday speech on the Senate floor while recounting being “physically” and “aggressively forced out” of last week’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference in Los Angeles.

Sen. Alex Padilla delivers an emotional speech on the Senate floor detailing his forced removal from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's L.A. presser last week after he attempted to ask her a question. Padilla chokes up recounting telling his Senate colleagues,

Sen. Alex Padilla broke down in tears while he spoke on the Senate floor about his forced removal from news conference held last week by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. See Padilla's remarks.