"I'm increasingly concerned with the growing cases of people in the United States who have fled oppressive regimes and are being detained and held for possible deportation."

In her latest appearance, Noem pledged to continue moving forward with Trump's immigration raids despite the waves of unrest they are causing in different parts of the country.

The unprecedented act of disrespecting and roughing up a U.S. senator occurred at the Westwood federal building during a Noem news conference Thursday. Padilla, a Democrat, was standing behind reporters when the secretary said federal agents would continue to conduct immigration raids in Los Angeles indefinitely.

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it didn’t take too kindly to the immigration policies of

Department Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday promised an ongoing federal presence in Los Angeles and Southern California as immigration enforcement efforts continue.

Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed and handcuffed after interrupting a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, in an episode that deepened partisan tensions over the Trump Administration’s expanded immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged Thursday to carry on with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown despite waves of unrest across the U.S.Hours later a judge directed the president to return control to California over National Guard troops he deployed after protests erupted over the immigration crackdown,