An undocumented Mexican dad anticipating the birth of his child stopped for gas while driving his pregnant wife to a local hospital.

But he was unexpectedly detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Joel Arrona-Lara, 36, was trying to beat the Wednesday morning traffic in San Bernandino, California, but was running low on gas for Maria Del Carmen Venegas' trip for her scheduled cesarean delivery.

Arrona-Lara stepped away from the car at the Arco gas station at about 10am for a couple of moments before ICE officers approached the vehicle and knocked on the front passenger window.

Joel Arrona-Lara was detained by ICE agents when he was driving his pregnant wife Maria Del Carmen Venegas to her c-section appointment on Wednesday

Maria Del Carmen Venegas is saddened by ICE's decision to detain her husband and not allow him to experience the birth of their fifth child

Venegas told Univision Los Angeles affiliate KMEX that she told agents she was the owner of the car while and presented her identification card while her two oldest children were sitting in the back of the car.

But when Arrona-Lora was asked to provide his legal documentation, the couple informed the immigration officials that he didn't have his because they had left their home in a hurry for the hospital.

Unable to furnish his identification card upon its request, the ICE agents performed a routine search and proceeded by arresting Arrona-Lara, in accordance with the Trump administration's strict 'zero tolerance' immigration policy that has swept countless of undocumented immigrants across the nation.

María del Carmen Venegas welcomes a healthy baby boy on Wednesday after her husband was detained by ICE

A pregnant Maria Carmen Del Venegas celebrates a school accomplishment of her oldest daughter, Milagros Venegas

'I never imagined they would remove him like that and that they would take him away and handcuff him and still leave me there abandoned at the gas station,' Venegas said from her hospital bed while holding her baby boy.

The couple, who has been living in the United States for 12 years, even asked the agents if they could all drive over to the family home, which was near the gas station, in order to retrieve his identification but the officials refused to fulfill the Mexican family's wishes.

The ICE officers handed Arrona-Lara's wife an informational card where she could seek additional details regarding his status.

Arrona-Lara, who does not have a criminal past, was eventually transported to an immigration detention center in Los Angeles, 60 miles east of the family's home.

María del Carmen Venegas and her husband Joel Arrona Lara hold a baby shower for the arrival of one of their five children

María del Carmen Venegas and Joel Arrona Lara vacationing with their first four children

'They told me nothing is going on. He'll be out in two hours,' the now mother of five told Telemundo Los Angeles affiliate KVEA.

Venegas sadly drove off to the Dignity Health Community Hospital of San Bernandino to proceed with the birth of her baby. Her nervous state of mind alarmed the doctors in the maternity wing of the hospital.

Her blood pressure spiked up and she remembered doctors immediately rushing her to a room to being the procedure.

The boy did not display any medical problems at the time of his birth.

The Daily Mail reached out to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for comment.