Ice officer ‘relieved of duties’ after video shows him manhandling woman at New York immigration court

Monica Moreta-Galarza was pleading with officer to release her detained husband when he pushed her to the ground

A federal officer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has been relieved of his duties" after a video showing him pushing a woman to the floor at an immigration court in New York City spread quickly on social media.

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, sent a statement to the Guardian, saying the officer's actions were unacceptable and beneath the men and women of Ice".