An Immigration and Customs officer working at the New York immigration courts has been placed on administrative leave after video circulated online showed him pushing a woman toward a wall and to the ground, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The man appears to be the same officer involved in an arrest of a court observer last month, which was witnessed by NPR and caught on audio.

"The officer's conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE," said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin in a statement. "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."

Video: Watch a federal agent pushing the wife of a detained man to the ground at the

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