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US HR539
Resolution
Status
6/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Clay Higgins
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AI Summary
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Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) would be formally censured and required to present herself in the well of the House for public reading of the censure resolution by the Speaker
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Resolution stems from a May 9, 2025 incident at Delaney Hall Federal Immigration Facility in Newark, New Jersey, where McIver was subsequently indicted on three federal counts
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Federal grand jury charges include assaulting, resisting, impeding, and interfering with federal officers, with allegations that McIver "slammed her forearm into the body" and "forcibly grabbed" a Homeland Security Investigations officer
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McIver allegedly interfered with HSI officials attempting to arrest an unauthorized visitor and obstructed an ICE Deportation Officer performing official duties
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Resolution would remove McIver from the Committee on Homeland Security, citing a conflict of interest given the committee's oversight of federal immigration enforcement
Legislative Description
Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and removing her from the Committee on Homeland Security.
Congress
Last Action
On motion to table Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 207, 2 Present (Roll no. 223).
9/3/2025