A district attorney in Massachusetts is contemplating pressing criminal charges against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who was found in contempt of court for detaining an undocumented immigrant amid a criminal trial last month.

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s announcement could potentially worsen relations with the Trump administration, which has criticized Massachusetts for allegedly obstructing its initiative to deport criminal undocumented immigrants.

“ICE often claims that their operations enhance public safety in Boston, and I am here today to convey that they are achieving quite the opposite,” Hayden stated at a press meeting. “To be clear: ICE’s detention of this defendant was an unacceptable and unprofessional disruption to the defendant’s right to a trial.”

Hayden’s criticism came after ICE agent Brian Sullivan detained Wilson Martell-Lebron, a Dominican citizen, as Martell-Lebron was leaving a Boston court March 27. His trial had just begun with opening statements and the first witnesses.

Boston Municipal Court Judge Mark Summerville dismissed the case against a Dominican man and held an ICE agent in contempt of court Monday. (AP)

“This is a disturbing case,” Summerville said. “It’s a case of obstruction of justice. It’s a case of violating the defendant’s right to be present at trial and confront witnesses against him. Couldn’t be more serious.”

Martell-Lebron was taken into custody after the second day of his trial on charges he allegedly provided false information on a driver’s license application.  

Summerville criticized the DA’s office and ordered prosecutors to investigate Sullivan. He eventually dismissed the case against Martell-Lebron after ICE failed to hand him over to local authorities, Hayden said.

Hayden and other Boston-area officials have claimed that ICE apprehending criminal illegal immigrants hasn’t made the community safer. 

However, ICE has touted the arrest of dozens of illegal immigrants charged with raping children and other violent crimes and drug trafficking. 

Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE, the White House and the Department of Homeland Security.