Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) has been charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) with assaulting law enforcement during a scuffle that occurred outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said on May 19.
On May 9, McIver, along with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and other congressional members, stormed into the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark when the security gate opened to allow a bus of illegal immigrant detainees through, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Footage released by Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin showed law enforcement officers attempting to block the protesters from entering at the gate....
