US EditionDHS Puts ICE Officer on Leave After Video Shows Woman Shoved at NYC Immigration Court
The ICE agent was placed on administrative leave after forcibly pushing an Ecuadorian asylum seeker's wife during her husband's arrest amid increased courthouse enforcement.
- A video shows an ICE agent violently pushing an Ecuadorian asylum seeker, Monica Moreta-Galarza, to the ground in front of her children at an immigration courthouse in New York City.
- The Department of Homeland Security announced that the ICE agent has been relieved of his duties pending an investigation into the incident.
- Witnesses reported that Moreta-Galarza and her family were at the courthouse for her husband's asylum case when the arrest occurred, which ended with her needing hospital treatment.
- Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin condemned the officer's actions as "unacceptable" and announced a full investigation into the incident.
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ICE Officer Relieved of Duty for ‘Unacceptable’ Conduct After Shoving Woman to the Ground in Viral Video
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer seen on video shoving an Ecuadorian woman to the floor has been relieved of his current duties, and an investigation has been launched. The footage, which went viral on social media, showed the officer pushing a woman into a wall and then to the ground at the immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, New York, on Sept. 25.…
ICE officer 'relieved of current duties' after violent confrontation caught on camera
In the video reviewed by ABC News, a woman can be heard pleading with the agent as her husband is being detained, saying "you don't care about anything." The agent can be heard repeatedly saying "Adios" before suddenly shoving the…
ICE tactics inflame tensions in US cities - West Hawaii Today
A U.S. immigration officer shoving a woman in a New York City courthouse to the floor. Protesters dispersed with tear gas outside a Chicago detention center. A woman injured during an arrest in the Boston area. The incidents on Thursday and Friday highlight the growing tensions in major U.S. cities over President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown days after a shooting targeting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dal…
ICE agent ‘relieved of his current duties’ after violently shoving woman to floor - Boston News, Weather, Sports
An immigration officer is off the job after he was caught on camera shoving a woman to the ground at a Manhattan federal courthouse Thursday. The video shows the agent agressively push the wife of a detainee against a wall, and then to the ground. Witnesses, including the woman’s children, could be heard crying out in disbelief. The agent then picks the woman up and carries her off, as she lashes out in anguish. Earlier, the woman said she and h…
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