Overview
- DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin called the officer's conduct unacceptable and said he was relieved of current duties pending a full investigation.
- Video from 26 Federal Plaza shows the plainclothes agent saying "adios" before pushing the woman against a wall and onto the floor; she was identified as Monica Moreta-Galarza and was briefly hospitalized.
- New York officials condemned the episode, with Rep. Dan Goldman saying the woman and her children sought safety in his office and, alongside Comptroller Brad Lander, referring the agent for potential prosecution.
- amNewYork reported the same agent was accused last month of forcibly pulling a teenage girl from her father during a separate courthouse encounter.
- In a separate development, D.C. residents filed a class-action suit alleging indiscriminate warrantless arrests, as ICE guidance says officers do not need judicial warrants and may detain on reasonable suspicion of unlawful presence.