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A federal agent pushes the wife of the detained man from Ecuador to the ground on September 25, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

An ICE officer has been "relieved of current duties" after videos showed him violently push a woman to the floor at an immigration courthouse in Manhattan.

The confrontation happened Thursday at 26 Federal Plaza.

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What happened?

What we know:

Viral video shows the Ecuadorian woman crying in a crowded hallway after her husband had just been arrested at an asylum hearing, reports say. Agents pried the man’s daughter away from his leg while his son watched.

The woman started screaming at the agent as he walked away, The New York Times reports, with the agent responding, "Adios, adio

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