The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who had shoved a woman into a wall and then pushed her to the ground, has been “relieved of his current duties," an ICE official said on Friday.

The incident was caught on camera on Thursday at an immigration court in New York City. This sparked protests in the country amid growing concerns about ICE’s aggressive tactics to arrest immigrants.

“The officer’s conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE. Our ICE law enforcement are held to the highest professional standards and this officer is being relieved of current duties as we conduct a full investigation," ICE Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.

In one video of the incident shared on social media, a woman and a girl are seen clinging with loc

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