The Trump administration said Friday that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was placed on leave after he pushed a woman to the floor in the hallway of a courthouse in New York, with viral video of the incident sparking outcry.

"The officer’s conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE. Our ICE law enforcement are held to the highest professional standards and this officer is being relieved of current duties as we conduct a full investigation,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to The Hill.

Video shared on social media showed the confrontation at an immigration courthouse in Manhattan on Thursday, with a woman directly addressing an ICE officer after a man was separated and hauled away by masked officers. The woman and a girl can be seen clinging to the man before he was detained by........

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