Friday 13/June/2025 – 02:11 am
In an exciting incident, the Associated Press published reports showing the moment the American Democratic Senator Alex Badilla was expelled by a press conference held by the Minister of Internal Security Christie sleep in Los Angeles, and he was caught by handcuffs by security elements after he tried to ask questions about the raids implemented by the federal authorities against immigrants, which raised a wave of widespread protests in California and other American cities.
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A video clip showed a member of the Secret Service, holding Badilla from his jacket and pushing him outside the hall while he was trying to boycott the press conference, saying that he was a trembling voice that he is a California elected Senator and wants to ask the minister.
Later, the shots of Padilla clash with security officers in the external corridor were documented, where he was heard screaming, “Keep your hands away from me”, before he was raised to the ground and bound his hands in a scene that caused political shock.
The incident has sparked anger inside Congress, where Democratic representatives condemned what happened and considered it a new threat to democracy under the administration of President Donald Trump, the leader of the Democratic majority of the Senate, Chak Schumer, describing the scene as “disgusting and non -American”, calling for an immediate investigation to reveal its circumstances.
In an official statement, the Ministry of Internal Security accused Senator Badilla of “unified political parade”, and claimed that he was not defined by himself and was suspected as a striker, and indicated that he had ignored repeated orders from the officers to decline, and that the security elements were behaved in proportion to the situation.
But Padilla, who belongs to Mexican origins, confirmed that he was trying to obtain answers to the escalation of the federal administration of deportations, noting that previous attempts by members of Congress to obtain clarifications did not receive any response, and said that what was exposed to reflects the approach in which vulnerable society, such as agricultural workers, chefs and daily workers.
Sleep, for her part, later told Fox La that she had “a good conversation” with Badilla after the accident, but considered his style “absolutely inappropriate.”
The incident took place in the midst of a political escalation, as an accusation regulations were directed earlier this week to the Democratic Deputy Lamonica McGar for allegedly interfering in the work of immigration officers during the arrest of the mayor of New York while trying to participate in a supervisory visit to a detention center.
Senator Badilla, known for his strong criticism of Trump’s immigration policies, accused the president of trying to dismantle families and intimidate societies instead of pursuing criminals, considering that these policies expose American citizens to danger.
In the Senate, a number of Democratic Representatives rushed to denounce what happened, warning that targeting an American Senator in this way is a dangerous precedent. Senator Chris Murphy warned that “if this is the fate of Senator, what about ordinary citizens?”, While Senator Elizabeth Warren considered the United States to seem “more like a fascist state.”
On the Republican side, the leader of the minority John Theon demanded to know the details of the accident before issuing any situation, while others were satisfied with commenting that they had not yet seen the video, Republican Senator John Pararaso criticized the attendance of Badilla the conference at all, saying that he was supposed to be in Washington.
The incident comes at a time when indicators exceeding the executive authority of its powers and their transgression on the role of the Supervisory Congress. Representatives confirmed that what happened with Badilla is an attack on a legislative institution, noting that one of the duties of Congress is controlling the performance of the federal administration and its agencies, especially in light of the group deportation campaign led by the Trump administration.
In front of the Capitol building, the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, Hakim Jeffrez, said that what happened to Badilla is a non -American, stressing that the issue will not end without accountability and real review of the current management behavior.
