Alex Padilla · [email protected]

February 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM

My response to the State of the Union

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Last night I gave the response to the State of the Union in Spanish. (You can watch the full thing on Youtube here.) [link removed] Here’s what I said (English below): ESPAÑOL: Good evening y muy buenas noches, soy el senador Alex Padilla de California…

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  Alex Padilla for California · [email protected]

February 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM

[WATCH] Senator Padilla’s response to Trump’s State of the Union

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, Immediately after the state of the Union tonight, Senator Padilla will deliver a response, in Spanish. Here’s the link to watch. We don’t need another speech from Trump pretending like everything is great while bills keep going up, masked federal age…

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  Team Alex Padilla · [email protected]

February 14, 2026 at 9:46 PM

[SIGN ON] Impeach Kristi Noem

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate I recently visited the ICE detention center in California City — the largest detention facility in California and one of the largest in the country. What I saw and heard there was appalling. People are dying in ICE custody. Medical care is routinely denied. Indiv…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

February 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM

Impeach Noem

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate I recently visited the ICE detention center in California City — the largest detention facility in California and one of the largest in the country. What I saw and heard there was appalling. People are dying in ICE custody. Medical care is routinely denied. Indiv…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

January 31, 2026 at 5:16 PM

Why I voted NO on billions of additional $ for ICE and CBP

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

January 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM

I will not give ICE or Border Patrol another dime while they act with such reckless disregard for life, safety, and the Constitution.

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate As you read this, there’s a bill before the Senate to fund the Department of Homeland Security and give BILLIONS of additional dollars to ICE. I want to be very clear about where I stand: I will not vote to give ICE or Border Patrol another dime while they act wit…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

January 22, 2026 at 11:45 PM

What I saw and heard in the ICE detention facility in California City

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate People are dying in ICE custody. Medical care is routinely denied. Individuals held for weeks or months after courts ordered their release. Republicans in Congress are failing in their responsibility to provide oversight of ICE and the lawless actions of this adminis…

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  Mary Peltola via Alex-Padilla.com · [email protected]

January 12, 2026 at 8:36 PM

Fish, family, freedom and fighting corruption

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate I wanted to share this note from Mary Peltola as she launches her U.S. Senate campaign in Alaska today. Winning this race would go a long way toward winning back the Senate, and Mary can’t do it alone. Please, read her note below and then, if you can afford it, make …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

January 6, 2026 at 11:36 PM

January 6

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, Five years ago, a mob of insurrectionists — spurred on by Donald Trump — stormed the Capitol to try to stop the peaceful transition of power. Police were beaten. Members of Congress ran for their lives, rushed from the Capitol Chamber, and told to hi…

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  The Padilla Family · [email protected]

December 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM

Happy Holidays from the Padilla family!

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

December 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM

They do not have a serious plan

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Troops in our cities… Masked federal agents snatching people off the streets… Rising health care costs pushing people to the brink… Friends, I know it can feel like our country — and even our democracy itself — is reaching a breaking point. I’m worried too. …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM

Leave zero doubt

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Troops in our cities… Masked federal agents snatching people off the streets… Rising health care costs pushing people to the brink… Friends, I know it can feel like our country — and even our democracy itself — is reaching a breaking point. I’m worried too. …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM

Asking you to support your local food bank today

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Happy Thanksgiving! You may be busy cooking or traveling today so I’ll be quick, but I couldn’t let Thanksgiving come and go without expressing my gratitude. As always, I’m so grateful for my family and our health. But this year in particular, I’m also gratef…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

November 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM

Why I walked out of today’s sham Senate hearing on immigration

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM

I’m voting NO and holding the line

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, I’m keeping up the fight and voting NO on the Republicans’ spending proposal. The truth is this proposal fails to tackle the Republican-created health care crisis, premiums are spiking for millions of Americans, and it’s driving up costs for everyone…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

November 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM

My decision

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM

It is Election Day in California! Vote YES on Prop 50.

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate It is Election Day in California!! If you haven’t yet, TODAY is your last chance to return your ballot and VOTE YES ON PROP 50! As Californians, passing Prop 50 is the biggest thing we can do right now to fight back against Trump and MAGA’s power grab. So pl…

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  Team Alex Padilla · [email protected]

October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM

Election Day is one week away

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate FIRST: Donald Trump and complicit Republicans in Congress used their power to gut health care, threaten Social Security, send masked agents to disappear people from their homes and workplaces, and violate the Constitution. THEN: They realized their policies are wi…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM

Now what?

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, Over the weekend, millions of Americans in every corner of the country peacefully took to the streets to say loud and clear: No Kings in America, and power belongs to the people. The vast majority of Americans do not agree with this administration’s …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

October 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM

The rule of law in America is under attack

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, it’s Alex. The rule of law in America is under attack. Let me explain: As Attorney General Pam Bondi made clear at yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing — the Department of Justice does not care about upholding the rule of law. Only the rule…

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  Roy Cooper via Alex-Padilla.com · [email protected]

September 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM

This is how you win a swing state:

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, Alex here. I wanted to share this quick note from Roy Cooper, who is running for Senate in North Carolina, because with an official FEC deadline in just a few days, he could really use this team’s help right now. Please take a few moments to read below, …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

September 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM

The NOPE Act

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, I’m worried. Free speech in America is under attack. We have an attorney general who is vowing to prosecute Americans for “hate speech” — a determination that she alone will make. We have a president in Donald Trump who threatens reporters for as…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

September 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Protecting Freedom of Speech

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, I’m worried. Free speech in America is under attack. We have an attorney general who is vowing to prosecute Americans for “hate speech” — a determination that she alone will make. We have a president in Donald Trump who threatens reporters for as…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

September 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM

Help pass the Election Rigging Response Act in California

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Hey, it’s Alex. I’m reaching out this morning to ask you to chip in to help pass the Election Rigging Response Act here in California. I’ll explain more in a second, but if you’re already on board and ready to fight back against the GOP’s power grab, here’s t…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

September 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM

Are you registered to vote?

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Happy National Voter Registration Day! 🎉🎉🎉 Really quick — can you use this link to check your voter registration status? Ballots are dropping soon for Prop 50, and it’s important that we all make our voices heard. [link removed] Friends, in case you didn’t …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

September 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM

Yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling:

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, no one's rights should depend on their appearance or their accent. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump Administration to continue detaining people based on whether they “look” like an immigrant is offensive and an affront to the Constitution. …

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  Alex Padilla for California · [email protected]

September 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM

YES on Prop 50

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate This November, Californians will have an opportunity to defend our democracy and strike a blow against Donald Trump by voting YES on Prop 50. But the GOP is already spending tens of millions on ads to stop us, and with just about a month until the first votes wil…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

August 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Trump's attack on mail-in voting

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, Earlier this week, Donald Trump announced he will sign an Executive Order to “end” mail-in voting. He’s taking advice from Vladimir Putin on how to run elections. A dictator who crushes dissent, jails opponents, and rigs elections to keep himself in …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

August 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM

Mail-in voting

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, Earlier today, Donald Trump announced he will sign an Executive Order to “end” mail-in voting. He’s taking advice from Vladimir Putin on how to run elections. A dictator who crushes dissent, jails opponents, and rigs elections to keep himself in powe…

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  Gavin Newsom · [email protected]

August 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM

We're doing this

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

August 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM

California fights back.

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, it’s Senator Alex Padilla. I just stepped off the stage, where I spoke alongside Governor Newsom and Senator Schiff on California’s plan to fight back against Donald Trump’s redistricting scheme. When our democracy is under attack, California fights ba…

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  Team Padilla · [email protected]

August 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM

ICYMI: Alex went on Stephen Colbert’s show

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Hey team, did you see this? Alex is leading the fight in the Senate to hold the Trump administration accountable — and he’s not backing down. He sat down with Stephen Colbert to talk about it. Watch the interview now. WATCH NOW: [link removed] ---------…

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  Team Padilla · [email protected]

August 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM

📺 Watch: Alex on Stephen Colbert

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, Last night, Alex was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to talk about Trump’s cruel mass deportation agenda and Alex’s new bill to help create a pathway to legal status for people who’ve lived and worked here for years. It was a great conversatio…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

August 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Texas and California

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  Team Alex Padilla · [email protected]

August 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM

This is not a radical idea

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, Trump’s cruel ICE raids have gone too far. A father of three U.S. Marines beaten and detained. U.S. citizens being profiled. A farmworker falling to his death. Hard working immigrants sent to detention camps. This is unacceptable. There’s a better pa…

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  Roy Cooper via Alex-Padilla.com · [email protected]

July 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM

I’m running

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate I’m Roy Cooper. I’m a proud Democrat. I’m also a former Governor and Attorney General from North Carolina. Today, I’m asking for your support to be the next United States Senator and help Democrats take BACK the Senate Majority in 2026. If you’re ready to join me in …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

July 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM

Please, add your name to say you support my bill to update the Immigration and Nationality Act that would keep families together and create a fair pathway forward.

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, I hear it every single day: Americans are appalled by the Trump administration’s culture of cruelty and mass deportations... and they know there’s a better way. Everyone agrees: our immigration system is broken. But it doesn’t have to be like this. …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

July 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM

Jon Ossoff

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, I’m in Georgia this week for a Latino political conference. While waiting in the airport for a few minutes, I looked up and saw an ad attacking Sen. Jon Ossoff. So I looked it up and sure enough Axios reported GOP Super PACs just dropped $5 MILLION in attack…

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  Alex Padilla for California · [email protected]

July 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM

[Photos] Alex’s story

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Alex Padilla is the son of immigrants from Mexico. He was born and raised in the proud working class community of Pacoima, California, in the San Fernando Valley. He worked hard and dedicated himself to books and baseball, graduating from San Fernando High School …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

July 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM

No more masks. No more secrecy.

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, No more masks. No more secrecy. No more rogue ICE operations. I recently introduced legislation banning ICE and DHS agents from wearing masks to hide their identity, and requiring them to publicly display their agency and name or badge number. I…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

July 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM

No, I do not “hate our country”

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, After I introduced the VISIBLE Act yesterday, Donald Trump said that Cory Booker and I “wouldn’t be saying that if they didn’t hate our country.” Let me be clear: I love this country and believe its values are worth fighting for. In a democracy, …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

July 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM

Unmask ICE

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, No more masks. No more secrecy. No more rogue ICE operations. I introduced legislation today banning ICE and DHS agents from wearing masks to hide their identity, and requiring them to publicly display their agency and name or badge number. It’s …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

July 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM

A massive theft

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, Congress just passed one of the worst bills in the history of the United States. I won’t try to sugarcoat it: the impacts of this bill will be absolutely devastating, particularly to the most vulnerable among us. It’s going to rip health care cov…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

July 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM

Betrayal

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, I just stepped off the floor after 27 hours of voting to stop Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” BETRAYAL of a budget bill. Democrats offered amendment after amendment to give our colleagues a chance to stand up for working families. But Republicans chose to g…

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  Alex-Padilla.com · [email protected]

June 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Betrayal”

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, you may have heard about Trump’s “big beautiful bill” that’s currently in the Senate. Here’s the truth: this bill gives tax breaks to billionaires and massive corporations by taking away health care and other vital services for millions of Americans. And…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

June 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM

My op-ed in the New York Times

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, I’ve said a few times recently that I hope what happened to me last week — and recently to a New York City mayoral candidate — was a warning shot. But I also hope it can be our wake-up call. Because this isn’t about one politician or one incident. It…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

June 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM

I just got off the Senate floor

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, I just got off the Senate floor where I spoke about the Trump administration’s militarization of Los Angeles — and what happened when I tried to get answers about what’s happening. I will have much more to say about how we’re working to hold this admin…

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

June 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM

TOMORROW: “No Kings” rally against Trump

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate Friends, it’s Alex. First of all — thank you. The outpouring of support since yesterday has been incredible. I am so grateful to everyone who’s reached out or said they stand with me. But like I said yesterday, the real story is not what happened to me. …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

June 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM

I was slammed to the ground and handcuffed

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate This afternoon, I tried to ask a question at a public Department of Homeland Security press conference. I was forcibly removed, slammed to the ground, and handcuffed. But what happened to me isn’t the story. Because if that’s what they do to a United States …

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  Alex Padilla · [email protected]

June 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM

They slammed me to the ground and handcuffed me

[1]Alex Padilla for Senate This afternoon, I tried to ask a question at a public Department of Homeland Security press conference. I was forcibly removed, slammed to the ground, and handcuffed. But what happened to me isn’t the story. Because if that’s what they do to a United States …

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