Today, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) introduced the Summer Meals Reaching Every Area’s Child Hunger (REACH) Act, a bill to expand access to free summer meals for children by removing barriers that prevent schools and community organizations from serving families where they are. As Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) previously introduced this legislation in the Senate, Rep. McIver is championing this effort in the House. During school breaks, millions of children lose access to the breakfasts and l… Continue Reading
WILMINGTON, DE - Today, a federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, heard oral argument in the ongoing criminal case against Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) brought by the Trump administration. McIver was present in the courtroom while Judges Thomas Ambro, Stephanos Bibas, and Cindy Chung heard arguments from Paul Fishman, McIver’s Counsel, and Mark Coyne, Assistant U.S. Attorney for New Jersey. The recording of the full argument will be distributed. The argument covered two of the four pre-… Continue Reading
Today, Representative LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02), and Democratic members of the House Committee on Homeland Security held a field hearing in Newark, New Jersey, to examine the conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center. Following the hearing, members traveled to the facility to conduct an oversight visit at Delaney Hall. The oversight inspection provided members an opportunity to assess conditions firsthand. McIver noted, after the visit, that IC… 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
May 19, 2026