REPORT: ICE Reinstates Officer Suspended After Altercation With Illegal Migrant’s Wife

🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly reinstated an officer on Tuesday who had been initially relieved of his duties after footage showed an illegal immigrant’s wife falling to the ground during his altercation with her.

A viral video from Sept. 25 showed the woman, Monica Moreta-Galarza, falling flat on her back after the officer appeared to grab her by the wrist inside Manhattan’s lower 🛂Immigration court. After initially relieving the officer of his duties, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reinstated him after conducting a preliminary review of the incident, CBS News reported.

DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin initially called the officer’s conduct “unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE,” in a statement from Sept. 26.

“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.

The incident took place as Moreta-Galarza and her daughter clung to her husband, an illegal immigrant from Ecuador, as agents attempted to take him into custody. Moreta-Galarza then confronted the officer arresting her husband, and one of the officers was seen grabbing her hair as someone said, “Just grab her, grab her and pull her away.” The agents successfully detained her husband.