Padilla muses he could be arrested by ICE

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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) claimed the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are “racially profiling” to the point that he himself could be arrested under the criteria by which they are looking.

Padilla has opposed President Donald Trump’s immigration policies from the start of Trump’s second term. As part of his protest, Padilla was forcibly removed from a press conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when he tried to confront her on the administration’s policies.

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