Yesterday, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) introduced the AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act of 2026, a bill that would ensure communities are informed, before deals are finalized, of plans to build AI data centers in their neighborhoods, providing the opportunity for grassroots input. AI data center construction often leads to higher utility costs, strained infrastructure, and environmental damage in the regions they inhabit. This bill would specifically empower residents t… Continue Reading
NEWARK, N.J. - Today, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) and her legal counsel filed a brief in support of her appeal with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. The brief focuses on major constitutional questions around legislative immunity as McIver continues to fight to protect her constitutional and statutory authority to oversee Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the rest of the executive branch. McIver is appealing … Continue Reading
Today, U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), along with Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), and U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) led 16 of their colleagues in introducing a Working Women’s Bill of Rights. The resolution recognizes the duty of Congress to meet the needs of working women. Women comprise nearly half of the nation’s workforce, serving as leaders in vital industries lik… Continue Reading
In the year since the Justice Department charged her with assaulting immigration agents outside an ICE detention facility in Newark, Representative LaMonica McIver, Democrat of New Jersey, has tried to present an unflappable face. “This process has not stopped me from doing my job,” she told supporters outside a New Jersey courthouse in October. “It is not going to stop me from doing my job.” But the reality is that the case against her by the Trump administration — a test of executive power p… Continue Reading
President Donald Trump has a history of using the Justice Department to target his adversaries. Now, N.J. Rep. LaMonica McIver finds the stakes incredibly high as she and several other Black leaders in positions of power appear to be the targets of a political campaign meant to remove them permanently. Specifically, the first-term Democrat faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted on assault and interference charges. These charges stem from an incident in May 2025 during a visit to the Delane… Continue Reading
The Trump administration has made a habit of pressing criminal charges against Americans observing and protesting harsh immigration-enforcement tactics, using the power of the executive branch to intimidate and punish those who visibly dissent from the president’s political agenda. In many ways, the prosecution of LaMonica McIver is in line with this general approach. Last May, she was charged with “assaulting, resisting, or impeding” federal officials after ICE agents tangled with her outside a… Continue Reading
March 26, 2026