Mace files resolution to expel House Democrat after her arrest at ICE detention facility protest

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a House solution Wednesday to expel Democratic New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver, who the time anterior was served with national charges for assaulting instrumentality enforcement officers earlier this period portion protesting astatine a national migrant detention center.

"On May 9th, McIver didn't conscionable interruption the law, she attacked the precise radical who support it," Mace said successful a property merchandise announcing the caller House Resolution. "Attacking Homeland Security and ICE agents isn't conscionable disgraceful, it's assault. If immoderate different American did what she did, they'd beryllium successful handcuffs. McIver thinks being a Member of Congress puts her supra the law. It doesn't. She should beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the law."

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

The Department of Justice announced national charges against McIver connected Monday, accusing her of allegedly "assaulting, impeding and interfering with instrumentality enforcement" earlier this period astatine a Newark-area migrant detention installation known arsenic Delaney Hall. McIver was determination with 2 different members of Congress to behaviour what they claimed were their congressionally mandated oversight duties, arsenic good arsenic the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka, who was subsequently arrested pursuing the incidental but aboriginal had his charges dropped.

According to the property release, Mace's solution notes that the House of Representatives already has precedent for expelling members of Congress who person been charged with superior transgression offenses.

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