section_path: Events/June 12
section_name: June 12
paragraph_text: June 12
  
  There were no reports of protests or demonstrations in downtown LA on the morning of June 12.
  
  After Senator Alex Padilla interjected and attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in LA, he was forcibly removed. Once outside the room, he was pushed face-down to the ground and handcuffed. In a statement afterwards, Padilla said: "If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question... I can only imagine what they are doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers throughout the Los Angeles community, and throughout California and throughout the country". The episode sparked outrage among lawmakers, demanding an investigation. Just before Padilla was removed from the press conference, Noem said that the administration planned to "liberate" Los Angeles from the governor's and mayor's "burdensome leadership".
  
  Senior US District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that Trump's federalization of California's National Guard was illegal and ordered him to return control of the troops to the State of California by mid-day the next day. The Ninth Circuit appeals court immediately blocked the order to give Trump one week to appeal.