Dem rep to plead not guilty to federal charges for incident at Newark ICE facility

A New Jersey Congresswoman who was progressive successful a much-publicized altercation extracurricular an migration installation past period is expected to look successful tribunal aboriginal contiguous to look charges for allegedly obstructing Homeland Security agents.

Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., is charged successful a three-count indictment of forcibly impeding national officers during the attempted apprehension of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka astatine the Delaney Hall immigration facility connected May 9. She says she volition plead not blameworthy to the charges.

McIver and 2 different members of Congress said they were conducting a legislature oversight sojourn that coincided with an migration protest, erstwhile a clash ensued with national agents. 

New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was charged connected Monday with allegedly assaulting instrumentality enforcement officers extracurricular an ICE detention installation earlier this month. (Getty Images/Department of Homeland Security)

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According to a DOJ property release, Baraka was allowed into the facility’s secured country and past national agents warned him to permission but helium refused to bash so.

When officers tried to apprehension Baraka, McIver allegedly blocked them, putting her arms astir the mayor, and "slammed her forearm" into 1 serviceman portion grabbing different and utilizing some of her forearms to forcibly onslaught the 2nd officer.

Each of the archetypal 2 counts carries a maximum eight-year situation sentence. The 3rd carries up to 1 year.

The charges are being brought beryllium Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba, who has represented President Donald Trump betwixt his 2 presidencies. Habba antecedently said that McIver "assaulted, impeded, and interfered with instrumentality enforcement."

McIver denounced the charges earlier this month, likening them to erstwhile attempts by the Trump medication to soundlessness governmental opponents.

Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba is filing charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver implicit the Delaney Hall incidental earlier successful May. (Pool File via AP/Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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"The facts of this lawsuit volition beryllium I was simply doing my occupation and volition exposure these proceedings for what they are: a brazen effort astatine political intimidation," McIver said successful a statement. 

"This indictment is nary much justified than the archetypal complaint and is an effort by Trump’s medication to dodge accountability for the chaos ICE caused and scare maine retired of doing the enactment I was elected to do," she continued. 

"But it won’t work—I volition not beryllium intimidated. The facts are connected our side, I volition beryllium entering a plea of not guilty, I’m grateful for the enactment of my community, and I look guardant to my time successful court."

Newark Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka speaks extracurricular Delaney Hall ICE installation during the protest. Security unit basal successful beforehand of Delaney Hall connected May 7, 2025.  (Getty Images and AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Baraka was arrested but had a trespassing complaint against him dismissed. 

Meanwhile, the Campaign for Accountability, a wide watchdog group, filed an morals ailment with the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics connected Tuesday, accusing Habba of superior ethical misconduct related to her prosecution of McIver and the apprehension of Baraka.

The ailment alleges they were politically targeted successful retaliation for participating successful the protestation and oversight sojourn due to the fact that their policies struggle with those of the Trump administration.

Fox News' Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.