DHS defends viral video of CBP agents detaining undocumented landscaper wielding weed whacker in California

A video has present gone viral showing a landscaper successful Santa Ana appearing to beryllium panicking and swinging a weed whacker earlier being tackled by CBP officers.

The migration enforcement officers successful the video tin beryllium seen appearing to tackle and onslaught Narciso Barranco, a hubby and begetter of 3 sons who are United States Marines, portion helium was doing his landscaping occupation extracurricular an IHOP connected Edinger and Ritchey successful Santa Ana, CA. 

The video is sparking outrage arsenic questions are being raised astir the alleged usage of unit by agents and whether Barranco, who is undocumented, was allegedly trying to mow down officers attempting to detain him oregon simply trying to tally away.

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Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua posted her absorption video connected Instagram aft seeing what she described arsenic the "horrendous video."

"Now, this man is being arrested by ICE agents and each I person to archer you is that I americium profoundly upset the mode they handled our community. The mode they are handling our community. This apprehension looked truthful unprofessional and conscionable incorrect successful truthful galore ways. They are not present to support america and service these agents close present are present to wounded us," Amezcua said. 

This undated photograph provided by Alejandro Barranco, shows members of the Barranco family, from near to right; Emanuel Barranco, Alejandro Barranco, Narciso Barranco and Jose Luis Barranco. (Alejandro Barranco via AP)

The Department of Homeland Security has accused the media of misportraying the incident, penning connected X that the antheral was attempting to tally distant from instrumentality enforcement and allegedly began to plaything the weed whacker straight astatine a borderline patrol agent's face. 

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Narciso Barranco, a hubby and begetter of 3 sons who are United States Marines, was detained portion helium was doing his landscaping occupation extracurricular an IHOP connected Edinger and Ritchey successful Santa Ana, CA.  (GoFundMe/Jacqueline Vasquez )

"He ASSAULTED national instrumentality enforcement with a WEED WHACKER. Perhaps the mainstream media would similar our officers to basal determination and beryllium mowed down alternatively of defending themselves? What a wholly slanted portrayal of what really happened," the station stated.

In a connection to FOX 11, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin claims they took the due steps.

"The agents took due enactment and pursuing their grooming to usage the minimum magnitude of unit indispensable to resoluteness the concern successful a mode that prioritizes the information of the nationalist and our officers," the connection read.

"He is simply a good, hard moving man. He has raised his household present and has established himself here. What we ALL saw contiguous was disgusting and bosom wrenching. Time aft clip we are seeing stories similar this one," a GoFundMe for the household stated. (GoFundMe/Jacqueline Vasquez )

However, Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick said helium disagreed astir what the video supposedly depicts.

"The video shows him vaguely waving a weed whacker astatine idiosyncratic acold extracurricular his reach, arsenic helium runs distant from radical helium says didn't place themselves oregon adjacent accidental thing arsenic they ran astatine him. That is not battle nether immoderate explanation of the term. And it doesn't merit BEING BEATEN," Reichlin-Melnick responded successful a repost of the video.

A GoFundMe acceptable up by Jacqueline Vasquez says the mode migration officials handled Barranco was "disgusting."

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"He is simply a good, hard moving man. He has raised his household present and has established himself here. What we ALL saw contiguous was disgusting and bosom wrenching. Time aft clip we are seeing stories similar this one," it stated.

According to the page, Barranco had gone implicit 24 hours without aesculapian attraction and was inactive wearing the bloody apparel helium was detained in. It besides states helium is successful a compartment with astir 70 radical and lone receives h2o erstwhile a day.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Jacqueline Vasquez for comment.