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McIver Pleads Not Guilty in Case Over ICE Detention Center Altercation

McIver denies the charges as an effort to intimidate lawmakers following her May visit to Newark’s Delaney Hall facility.

FILE - Congresswoman Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., exits the grounds at Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility, May 9, 2025, in Newark, N.J, (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)
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Rep. LaMonica Mclver (D-10th) speaks during a press conference with her supporters outside a federal court Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Democratic U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) speaks outside United States Court, after pleading not guilty on three counts of "forcibly impeding and interfering" with federal law enforcement after a scuffle at the gate of a privately run immigration detention center on May 9, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Overview

  • Rep. LaMonica McIver entered a not guilty plea to three federal counts of assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with immigration officers, facing up to eight years on two felony counts and one year on a misdemeanor.
  • Prosecutors allege the charges stem from a May 9 oversight visit when McIver slammed her forearm into officers and tried to block agents from arresting Mayor Ras Baraka at Delaney Hall.
  • Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, a Trump appointee and former personal lawyer to the president, is leading the prosecution amid an ethics complaint accusing her of political targeting.
  • McIver’s supporters point to a 2019 appropriations law that authorizes unannounced congressional inspections of ICE facilities and defend her oversight role.
  • Her trial is scheduled for November 10, 2025, in what has become a rare criminal prosecution of a sitting member of Congress for non-corruption charges.