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NEW YORK CITY - An ICE agent who was filmed brutally slamming a woman to the ground in front of her children has been 'relieved' of his duties, according to an official.
Now-viral footage of the male officer showed him throwing her to the hard ground as he repeatedly told her 'adios'.
The woman was heard pleading with the plain-clothes official at the New York City customs and immigration offices after her husband was detained and whisked away by ICE agents just moments earlier.
Her young daughter cried as her mother was violently forced to the floor and witnesses rushed to surround her.
Now, days after the vicious moment took the internet by storm, it has been confirmed that the unnamed officer has been 'relieved' of his duties, Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, told People.
'The officer’s conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE,' McLaughlin added.
It is unclear if the agent is still employed with the agency or not. The Daily Mail reached out to McLaughlin for clarification.
Just before things got physical, the woman was heard pleading with the ICE agent in Spanish, saying: 'Please take me too,' CBS reported.
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