‘Unacceptable’: DHS Announces Investigation After ICE Officer Caught Shoving Woman To The Floor

An 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who pushed a woman to the ground in New York City on Thursday has been relieved of his duties while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducts an investigation into the altercation, the agency announced Friday.

DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin called the ICE officer’s conduct “unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE,” in a statement on Friday. The incident was captured on camera and quickly went viral on social media.

“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 added in her statement.

The incident took place in Manhattan’s lower 🛂Immigration court as federal agents attempted to take an Ecuadorian man into custody. The man’s wife and daughter clung to him, and as officers separated the family, one of them grabbed the woman’s hair. The woman confronted the officer leading the investigation into her husband right before he pushed her along the wall and onto the floor.

Throughout the incident, the ICE officer repeatedly said “adios” to the wife.

Press and bystanders in the hall where the altercation took place can be heard pleading with the officer, with one man repeating, “Come on, man.”