U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.

After a gardener in Santa Ana was pinned down and violently detained Saturday by federal immigration agents, his son, who has served in the U.S. Marine Corps, expressed anger, sadness and a sense of betrayal.

Marine Corps veteran Adrian Clouatre is pleading for the release of his wife after she was detained by ICE agents during a routine green card appointment, separating her from their newborn. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist explains the details of her detainment.