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Senator Alex Padilla handcuffed during Trump administration news conference

US Senator Alex Padilla is pushed out of a news conference regarding the recent protests in Los Angeles on June 12 [Etienne Laurent/AP Photo]

Democratic lawmakers have expressed outrage after United States Senator Alex Padilla of California was roughly removed from a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) news conference, then forced to the ground and handcuffed.

A video of the incident shows Padilla appearing to interrupt a Thursday news conference in Los Angeles held by DHS chief Kristi Noem.

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