A federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been relieved of his duties after he was recorded shoving a hysterical woman onto the floor during a clash inside 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan, officials said Friday.
Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the move, saying the conduct seen in the video was “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,” McLaughlin said.
McLaughlin did not name the ICE agent.
The woman, whose husband was being detained by ICE, was pleading with the agent in Spanish on Thursday, begging him not to take her husband away, videos of the exchange show.
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