Democrats double down on ICE confrontations and plan more visits to detention centers: report
Source: The Independent
Wednesday 21 May 2025 19:23 BST
Democrats are pushing for more confrontations with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials following the charges filed against New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver, according to Axios. The prosecution of McIver has unified Democrats on immigration, an issue that tends to divide the party. Centrist Democrats with strict views on border security have also slammed the prosecution.
McIver was charged with two counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer following an altercation that she and other House Democrats had with ICE officials in New Jersey earlier in May. The incident took place outside the Delany Hall detention center. The facility holds migrants, and Democrats claim a private prison company is running it without the correct permits.
The lawmakers arrived unannounced for an oversight visit, where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was detained during the altercation. The Trump administration has claimed that McIver elbowed officers when they arrested the mayor, while McIver has said that it was she who was assaulted.
House Administration Committee ranking member Jay Morelle, a New York Democrat, said, “Members are getting increasingly angry and frustrated at the overreach, and now one of our members has been singled out for intimidation.” Moderate Ohio Democrat Greg Landsman told Axios, "Democrats should be all over oversight. ... We have to double down. We have to do more."
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/democrats-ice-immigration-detention-centers-b2755491.html
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