An ICE supervisor who made headlines Wednesday after he shoved a distraught mother to the floor of immigration court has been relieved of his duties.

The ICE agent, who has been overseeing detentions inside 26 Federal Plaza for months as immigrants attend their legally mandated court hearings, will no longer be working in the courthouse, according to Homeland Security. In a statement Tricia McLaughlin said that the agent — whose identity has not been made public — had been relieved of his duties pending an investigation.

“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 came a day after Monica Moreta-Galarza, an immigrant from Ecuador, pleaded wit

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