A chaotic scene unfolded in Fitchburg Thursday morning as federal immigration officials detained a woman whose husband appeared to suffer a seizure while holding their young child during the traffic stop.

Witnesses captured video of the incident, during which bystanders could be heard pleading for the man’s safety as Fitchburg police shouted at them to “back up.”

“They’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands,” a witness says off-camera in a clip widely circulated on social media .

Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, defended the operation as a “targeted” Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest and alleged emergency medical personnel at the scene “found no legitimate medical episode.”

“ICE called 911 and the illegal alien refu

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