An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shoved a woman into a wall and then pushed her to the ground has been "relieved of his current duties," an ICE official said Friday.
The incident was caught on camera on Thursday at an immigration court in New York City – sparking outrage amid growing concern across the country about ICE’s increasingly aggressive tactics in arrests of immigrants.
"The officer's conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE. 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," ICE Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Friday.
CNN has asked ICE to clarify what "relieved of his current duties" means – and whether t