DOJ To Charge Democrat Rep. Over Alleged Assault On ICE Agents
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on May 16, 2025
By Mark Steffen
One of the Democratic U.S. House members present during an ugly scuffle between ICE officials and other far-left politicians will be charged with assault, the local U.S. attorney’s office is set to announce Friday, according to the New Jersey Globe.
Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) will face charges for laying her hands on ICE agents fighting to keep a cadre of angry Democrats at bay while they attempted to enter the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey. Her arrest comes after Ras Baraka, the city’s mayor, was cuffed at the scene over similar charges.
McIver may even surrender as early as this afternoon, a source told the Globe.
On Friday, May 9, McIver, Baraka, and several other Democratic House members attempted to enter the Delaney Hall center to assess whether illegal immigrants were being subjected to substandard conditions of confinement. They were joined by Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Rob Menendez (D-NJ), the son of disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ).
Partway through the struggle, Baraka was arrested for allegedly ignoring orders by ICE agents to disperse, though he has claimed he was following orders they had given. Bodycam footage released by ICE appears to show McIver becoming physical as Baraka touched chests with officers, then trying to physically protect the Democratic mayor as he walked away.
Republicans who have viewed the footage have accused McIver of “body slamming” one of the ICE officers, an allegation denied by a spokesperson for Watson Coleman.
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