An Immigration and Customs officer working at the New York immigration courts has been placed on administrative leave after video circulated online showed him pushing a woman toward a wall and to the ground, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The man appears to be the same officer involved in an arrest of a court observer last month, which was witnessed by NPR and caught on audio .

"The officer's conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE," said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin in a statement. "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."

There have been growing tensions between federal law enforcement and the pub

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