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US HR539

Resolution

Status

Introduced

6/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Clay Higgins

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • McIver allegedly interfered with HSI officials attempting to arrest an unauthorized visitor and obstructed an ICE Deportation Officer performing official duties

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Ethics6/24/2025

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