Johnson’s photos doc lots of the key moments of an encounter that has sparked controversy amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Padilla makes an attempt to talk

The senator was standing close to a wall on one facet of the room, then tried to interrupt Noem to ask a query.

“I’m Senator Alex Padilla,” he stated, as one agent grabbed his jacket and shoved him backward on the chest and arm. “I have questions for the secretary, because the fact of the matter is that half a dozen violent criminals that you’re rotating on your — on your …”

“Hands off!” Padilla stated, as three brokers pushed him right into a separate room.

Agent grabs him Padilla is taken down

Movies from the press convention present brokers forcing Padilla to his knees and handcuffing him.

Padilla speaks out

The senator later held a press convention to explain what occurred.

“I was forced to the ground, and I was handcuffed,” Padilla stated. “I was not arrested. I was not detained.”

If that is how the Trump administration treats a “senator with a question,” Padilla stated, with tears in his eyes, “I can only imagine what they’re doing to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community.”