The Trump Administration Charged Rep. Lamonica McIVER (DN.J.) On Monday Following a Chaotic Confrontation at An Immigration and Customs Encility Facility in New Jersey Earlier This Month.
The acting US Attney for New Jersey, Alina Habba, AnnoUond on Social Platform x That She Was Charging McIVER WITE WITTLING, EXPIGING, AND INTERFERING WITH LAW EFTCCEMENT. “No one is above the law – politicians or otherwise,” Habba said in a statement. “It is the Job of this Office to Uphold Justice, Regardless of Who You are. Now We Will Let The Justice System Work.”
McVer Said That the Charges Against Her Are “Purely Political” and “Mischaracterize and Distort My Actions and Are Meant to Criminalize and Legislative Deter Oversight.” In a statement, Mciver Said that the “Administration Will Never Stop Me From Working for the People in Our District and Standing up for What Is Right,” Adding That She “[looks] Forward to the Truth Being Laid Out Clearly in Court. “
Earlier This Month, Democratic New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Mendez, and McVer Vised New Jersey's Delaney Hall, An Ice detection Facility, to conduct oversight, as is their legal right. The center was recently reopened amid opposition from immigrants' Rights Groups, and the city of Newark Filed a Lawsuit in April to Halt Occupancy and Construction. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Has Argued That the Facility Should Not Be Allawed To Open Two to Building Piermit Issues.
Baraka was arrested outside the facility on a trespassing charge. In Her AnnoUNucement Monday, Habba Said That the Charges Against Mayor Baraka would be “for the Sake of Moving Forward.”
The Department of Homeland Security Accust McVer of “Assaulting An Ice Agent” During the Democratic Officials' Visit This Month, Posting on Video Showing a Chaotic Scene, with McIVER Firempting to Get Through A Crowd of Law Encycase Office WHO Are Pushing People. The video Includes a Clip That Has Been Slowed Down To Emphasize McVer Appently Pushing An Ice Agent, Who Actuars To Have Stopped Walking Right in Front of Her Near The Gate.
“Yesterday, at Delaney Hall, I Witnessed Firstty the Chaos and CrueLty That Defines The Trump Administration's Immigration Policy,” McVer Said in A Previous Statement. “As we have done done before, we went to conduct lawful congsssional oversight – to do our jobs and demand answers for our constituits. We were met with contempt, disrespect, and aggression from Ice.”
McVer Accused the Trump Administration of “Roughing Up Members of Congress,” Adding that the Incident Shows The President's “Blant Abuses of Power.”
