I showed up there to do my job and she wanted me to admit to doing things.” Rep. LaMonica McIver describes her communications with Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba following charges Habba’s department filled against her over a visit to an ICE detention facility earlier this month.

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey is set to have her first appearance in federal court on assault charges stemming from immigration officials’ attempt to arrest the Newark mayor outside a detention facility.

At the same time, interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced that her office was dismissing a misdemeanor case brought against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is being charged with assault after a melee outside an immigration detention facility in Newark on May 9. The decision to charge McIver was announced on Monday

Ras Baraka says he was ‘targeted’ by the Trump administration with politically motivated selective prosecution

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver says assault charges filed against her after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor are no more than “political intimidation,” and she anticipates her day in court,

New Jersey congressman Jeff Van Drew called the incident at Delaney hall an "orchestrated campaign to protect illegal immigrants" during a congressional oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors allege Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention facility.

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