Appeals court rejects Rep. McIver's challenge to charges for alleged assaults at ICE facility

Court rejects McIver's motion to dismiss case about Delaney Hall inspection

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) has lost her appeal to toss federal charges over her congressional oversight visit to the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, last year. In a split 2-1 decision on Wednesday, the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit determined the congresswoman’s legislative immunity defense did not hold up. The House Democrat argued she was protected from prosecution under the Cons…

Appeals court clears Trump admin to continue assault case against NJ Rep.

Rep. LaMonica McIver speaks with supporters outside federal court in Newark Wednesday. McIver pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a May 9 incident outside a private immigration detention center in the city. Rep. LaMonica McIver faces up to 17 years in prison on charges of assaulting federal agents outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark. [ more › ]

Case against lawmaker charged in Delaney Hall clash can proceed, appeals court rules

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-New Jersey) has denied the allegations that she assaulted federal agents during a scuffle outside an immigration detention facility last spring.

In LaMonica McIver Dissent, Judge Ambro Describes Costs of Politicized Prosecution and Speech and Debate

The Third Circuit mostly rejected LaMonica McIver’s appeal of Jamel Semper’s ruling from last November that she was not immune from charges that she assaulted the ICE goons who were impeding her efforts to conduct an oversight visit to Delaney Hall. Judge Cindy Chung (appointed by Biden) bumped one of three charges back to Semper, but otherwise rejected the rest. In his dissent, Clinton appointee Thomas Ambro makes a far more interesting argumen…

Appeals Court Rules Rep. LaMonica McIver Cannot Invoke Speech or Debate Immunity in ICE Confrontation Case

A divided federal appeals court ruled that Rep. LaMonica McIver’s alleged physical conduct during a 2025 congressional oversight visit to a Newark immigration detention facility ... The post Appeals Court Rules Rep. LaMonica McIver Cannot Invoke Speech or Debate Immunity in ICE Confrontation Case first appeared on [your]NEWS.

Rep. LaMonica McIver isn’t just fighting for reelection — she’s fighting for freedom

This column first appeared in The Amendment, a newsletter by Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large. Subscribe today to get early access to her analysis. Most members of Congress are staring at one key date on the calendar: November 3, Election Day. But Rep. LaMonica McIver is much more focused on two important dates she can’t control or predict.  The first-term New Jersey Democrat is scheduled to give birth to her second child in about a mont…