"The ICE agent, who has been overseeing detentions inside 26 Federal Plaza for months as immigrants attend their legally mandated court hearings, will no longer be working in the courthouse, according to Homeland Security. In a statement Tricia McLaughlin said that the agent whose identity has not been made public had been relieved of his duties pending an investigation."
"This comes one day after Monica Moreta-Galarza from Ecuador begged the man to release her husband from custody. Video footage circulating online shows the fed respond by shoving her against the wall and then to the ground and yelling over her as she wept. The same ICE agent relieved from duty Friday was seen manhandling a teenage girl a month earlier during an ICE separation in immigration court."
"Monica and her 2 young children fled to my office for safety after she was assaulted by this @ICEgov agent in an egregious act of excessive force, U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman wrote on X. This is unacceptable conduct from this ICE agent. @Sec_Noem must take appropriate disciplinary action and implement measures to prevent this from happening again. An ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat."
An ICE supervisor was removed from courthouse duties at 26 Federal Plaza and placed under investigation after shoving a distraught mother during an immigration court appearance. The agent had overseen detentions at the courthouse for months and will no longer work in that location pending the inquiry. Video shows the agent shoving Monica Moreta-Galarza against a wall and to the ground after she begged for her husbands release. The same agent was filmed manhandling a teenage girl a month earlier. Elected officials condemned the conduct and called for disciplinary action and preventive measures.
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