DOJ Accuses NJ Rep. LaMonica McIver of Assaulting Federal Agents Outside ICE Facility

Rep. LaMonica McIver alleged that the Department of Justice had pushed her to admit to ‘doing something’ she didn’t do.

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) exits the grounds at Delancey Hall ICE detention prison in Newark, N.J., on May 9, 2025. Angelina Katsanis /AP Photo

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a criminal complaint against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), accusing her of assaulting two federal agents outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in New Jersey earlier this month.

In a May 19 complaint, prosecutors charged McIver with two counts of assaulting, resisting, and impeding an ICE agent and a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent during a May 9 scuffle outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey.