Tag Archives: LaMonica McIver

The House on Tuesday rejected a Republican-led resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver and remove her from the House Homeland Security Committee, where she helps oversee immigration and national security policy, as she awaits trial on federal charges stemming from a confrontation at an ICE detention facility. In a 215–207 …

Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said Monday she is charging Rep. LaMonica McIver with “assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement” during the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka outside a migrant jail in Newark 10 days ago. Habba also announced her office is dropping Baraka’s misdemeanor trespassing charge “for the sake …