An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who threw a woman to the ground in front of her two children in a New York City courthouse is back on the job, less than a week after the attack occurred, according to a post on X by the city’s comptroller Brad Lander.

“Court-watchers confirm this cruel ICE agent has been reinstated,” Lander wrote. “Last week, in the briefest moment of decency, violently throwing a woman to the floor was ‘beneath the men and women of ICE.’ This week, it’s back to business as usual. The cruelty, after all, is the point.”

CBS News reported that two U.S. officials told the outlet that the agent had been reinstated.

On September 25, video captured Monica Moreta-Galarza pleading with the agent after her husband of 17 years was abducted following a rou

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