India, June 13 -- Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed from a press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday after interrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during her remarks on the department's deportation plans in California.

According to Reuters, Padilla entered the briefing room and attempted to ask a question while Noem was speaking. Security agents intervened, reportedly pushing the senator to the ground and handcuffing him behind his back.

"I am Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the secretary," Padilla said during the news conference.

"Hands off," he added, before the was removed from the room.

A video of the incident, showing three agents forcibly restraining Padilla, has since gone viral and ...