OAN Staff Abril Elfi
1:04 PM – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
New Jersey Democrat Congresswoman LaMonica McIver has been charged with assault following a confrontation with ICE agents outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey.
On Monday, McIver (D-N.J.) was charged after she purportedly assaulted law enforcement officers outside an ICE detention facility earlier this month.
Acting U.S. Attorney of New Jersey Alina Habba announced that she would charge the Congresswoman with assault and hindering a law enforcement officer.
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On May 9th, McIver and other Democrat members of Congress, including Ras Baraka (D-N.J.), the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, protested outside Delaney Hall — a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility.
According to Habba, tensions at the protest soon escalated — with politicians and agents both pushing and shoving each other.
“Representative LaMonica McIver assaulted,…
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