All posts tagged "Lamonica Mciver"

A federal appeals court cleared the way for a pregnant congresswoman's criminal trial with a dissent warning of lasting constitutional harm.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled 2-1 on Wednesday that Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) must face prosecution on charges stemming from her May 2025 oversight visit to Delaney Hall, an immigration detention facility in Newark. McIver is due to give birth to her second child this fall.

McIver's charges stem from a May 2025 oversight visit to Delaney Hall, where prosecutors say she "slammed her forearm" into a Homeland Security agent and struck an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer as federal agents moved to arrest Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. She says any contact was incidental....

A Democratic lawmaker facing three counts of assaulting or impeding federal agents argues that the case against her should be thrown out, citing President Donald Trump's own presidential immunity case as the reason why she should have "legislative immunity" — a move that would backfire on the president and leave a "chilling effect."

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) is fighting back against the Trump administration and is the "latest opponent of President Trump to try to have controversial federal charges against them" dropped, Politico reports Tuesday. McIver was one of several lawmakers arrested after a protest in May outside a Newark immigration center. She faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted next month at trial.

"Essentially, her lawyers argue members of Congress should have broad legal protection as they carry out oversight duties," according to Politico. ...

Three Democratic lawmakers could lose their committee seats after rushing into a New Jersey detention facility last week in support of undocumented migrants being held by ICE, Fox News Digital reported Tuesday.

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) introduced a resolution on Tuesday that would remove Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) from the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. (D-NJ) from the House Energy & Commerce Committee, and Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) from the House committees on Small Business and Homeland Security, the report said.

Carter told the outlet, "The radical left has lost their minds – they would rather raid an ICE facility to defend criminal illegal immigrants than represent their own constituents. This behavior constitutes an assault on our brave ICE agents and undermines the rule of law. The three members involved in this stunt do not deserve to sit on committees alongside serious lawmakers."...