New York elected officials are demanding accountability after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) supervisor was filmed shoving a woman to the ground inside 26 Federal Plaza, an incident that has sparked calls for federal prosecution and renewed criticism of immigration enforcement in the city.

The ICE agent, who has been overseeing detentions inside the immigration court for months as immigrants attend their legally mandated court hearings, was relieved of his duties over Wednesday’s incident with Monica Moreta-Galarza, an immigrant from Ecuador, who was pleading with the officer to release her husband from custody.

On Friday, Congressman Dan Goldman and City Comptroller Brad Lander formally referred the officer to the U.S. Department of Justice, urging Attorney General Pamela

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