An ICE officer has been removed from his post after he was caught on video throwing a mother to the ground outside a New York City immigration court on Thursday.

DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin confirmed to the Daily Beast that the officer has been “relieved of his duties” as the department investigates the incident.

McLaughlin also called the officer’s conduct “unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE.” She added that ICE agents are “held to the highest professional standards.”

The video, captured by ProPublica reporter Till Eckert, shows the officer getting aggressive with a woman as she begs agents not to take her husband, who was detained after an asylum hearing.

The officer can then be seen shoving the woman several times, eventually throwing her to the ground and s

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