An immigration officer is off the job after he was caught on camera shoving a woman to the ground at a Manhattan federal courthouse Thursday.

The video shows the agent agressively push the wife of a detainee against a wall, and then to the ground. Witnesses, including the woman’s children, could be heard crying out in disbelief. The agent then picks the woman up and carries her off, as she lashes out in anguish.

Earlier, the woman said she and her family were pleading with officers in Spanish, holding on as tightly as they could and forcing several agents to physically drag her husband away.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) condemned the agent’s actions.

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement, “The officer’s conduct in this video is unacceptable and bene

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