Alex Padilla
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Padilla relived when he was taken into custody after confronting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a press conference last summer.
He said he may have been knocked down for a moment, but it's a reminder of a lesson Latino parents pass on to their children.
If you fall seven times, get up eight, Padilla said, adding he knows he's not alone.
He called for Americans to fight what he described as Trump's illegal policies.
He said that's led to the weaponization of immigration law enforcement agents, higher health care and housing costs, and efforts to interfere in November's midterm elections.
If today's hearing was indeed a serious effort to protect our law enforcement, we would have government witnesses fielding our questions as a committee.