It wasn’t just immigrants who felt the wrath of ICE at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday.

An American citizen got into a shoving match outside an immigration courtroom on the 12th floor with a group of agents who violently accosted him as they detained an immigrant. One of the officers could be seen grabbing him by the neck and shirt collar and pushing him against the wall.

“I am an American citizen!” he screamed! “I don’t even want to tell my kids this is the country we are living in.”

“You should be at home taking care of your kids,” one of the ICE agents responded.

After a minutes-long confrontation, the man was permitted to leave without being arrested. Security details escorted him from the building.

The episode was just part of the chaos that unfolded in immigration

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