US Rep. LaMonica McIver to be arraigned on assault charges [View all]

Source: ABC News/AP

June 25, 2025, 12:08 AM


U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is set to be arraigned on federal charges Wednesday, accused of assaulting and interfering with immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center during a congressional oversight visit at the facility. She has said she plans to fight the charges.

McIver, a Democrat, was charged in a complaint by interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, a Republican appointed by President Donald Trump, following the May 9 visit to Newark’s Delaney Hall, a privately owned, 1,000-bed facility that Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses as a detention center.

This month she was indicted on three counts of assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with federal officials. Habba said two counts carry a maximum sentence of up to eight years in prison. The third has a maximum of one year.

McIver’s lawyer, former U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Paul Fishman, said in a statement that she would challenge the allegations “head-on” in court.

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