"On Friday, Congressman Dan Goldman and City Comptroller Brad Lander formally referred the officer to the U.S. Department of Justice, urging Attorney General Pamela Bondi to pursue felony charges. According to their letter, the officer violently and unnecessarily threw Moreta-Galarza to the floor in front of her two young children shortly after her husband was detained following a court appearance related to his asylum application. Moreta-Galarza hit the back of her head and required hospital treatment, according to the politicians."
"This flagrantly egregious conduct by this ICE officer is in apparent violation of 18 U.S.C. 242, Goldman and Lander wrote. In this case, the officer, acting under the color of law, willfully used excessive physical force by throwing a young mother to the ground and thereby deprived the victim of her Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures."
An ICE supervisor shoved Monica Moreta-Galarza to the ground inside 26 Federal Plaza while she pleaded for her husband's release after his detention during an asylum-related court appearance. The woman fell, struck the back of her head, and required hospital treatment. The ICE agent was relieved of his duties. Congressman Dan Goldman and City Comptroller Brad Lander referred the officer to the U.S. Department of Justice and urged Attorney General Pamela Bondi to pursue felony charges under 18 U.S.C. 242 for willful excessive force. The referral cites prior federal prosecutions and requests an immediate investigation.
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