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,

Tensions flared at a Los Angeles news conference on immigration Thursday when California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after interrupting Homeland S

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

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks out on a California Democratic senator's interruption during a press conference on "The Story."

WASHINGTON – The fury radiating off of Congressional Democrats is palpable.

Padilla, 52, was handcuffed and briefly detained after he interrupted the DHS chief’s briefing by shouting questions about the criminal migrants Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents