Oh, the drama in Democrat-land just keeps delivering, doesn’t it? You’ve got to hand it to them—if there’s a way to tangle up basic law enforcement with political theater, they’ll find it. The latest spectacle comes courtesy of Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), who apparently mistook a federal detention facility for the set of a resistance-themed soap opera. And now? She’s staring down a federal indictment with not one, not two, but three counts—including physically impeding federal agents. You know, the folks whose job it is to keep our borders from turning into a revolving door.
So what happened, exactly? According to a grand jury in Newark, McIver decided it was her divine congressional duty to obstruct ICE officers as they attempted to carry out a lawful arrest outside the Delaney Hall detention center. Apparently, the arrest of an illegal immigrant just wasn’t on-brand enough for the optics Democrats like to chase these days. Instead, McIver jumped into action—literally—when ICE officers tried to remove Newark’s Mayor Ras Baraka from a secured area he wasn’t authorized to be in.
JUST IN: Rep. LaMonica McIver has been indicted and faces up to 17 years in prison for allegedly assaulting federal law enforcement officers.
US Attorney Alina Habba made the announcement on X.
“Today a federal grand jury seated in Newark, New Jersey returned a three-count… pic.twitter.com/0o6axUEy7t
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 10, 2025
Because nothing screams “public servant” like intervening in a federal arrest for the sake of protecting a local politician who ignored multiple warnings. Imagine the outrage if a Republican mayor refused to leave a federal facility and a GOP congressman physically interfered with law enforcement to shield him. The media would combust before lunch.
Let’s be crystal clear: this wasn’t oversight. This was obstruction. The indictment lays it out plainly—McIver got physical. We’re talking about forearms slamming into officers and attempts to restrain them by grabbing. This isn’t symbolic protest or even the usual grandstanding from the Capitol steps. This was a sitting member of Congress physically interfering with federal agents executing their legal duties. There’s no constitutional protection for that. It’s not civil disobedience. It’s federal crime.
🚨BREAKING: Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver has been indicted with three federal charges for forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers at an ICE facility in Newark, NJ.
She is facing 17 years in prison.
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 10, 2025
Of course, McIver and her allies will likely spin this as a “brave stand” against “oppressive immigration policies.” Because in today’s Democratic Party, it’s not enough to oppose border security—you’ve got to stage a performance-art melee with ICE just to keep your activist cred intact. Forget that these agents are doing the job Congress actually authorized them to do. Forget that Americans across the country are worried about who’s coming across the border and what laws are being enforced. What matters to the progressive elite is scoring political points with the open-borders crowd, even if it means taking a swing (literally) at law enforcement.
And don’t miss the irony here. These are the same people who preach “rule of law” when it suits them—when they’re attacking conservatives, when they’re lecturing about January 6, when they’re pushing for investigations into their political enemies. But the moment it’s one of their own in the hot seat? Suddenly, federal agents are the bad guys and resistance becomes righteous. It’s a playbook so transparent it practically prints itself.
Now McIver faces up to 17 years in federal prison. That’s not exactly the kind of “first” most politicians are looking for. And maybe—just maybe—this indictment will be a wake-up call that congressional immunity isn’t a get-out-of-jail-free card. If you try to block a lawful arrest with your body and your fists, you’re not a hero. You’re a defendant.
Let’s be honest: if we had a Republican congressman who interfered with a federal officer—say, to stop the arrest of a conservative mayor resisting a DOJ mandate—the headlines would be plastered with words like “insurrection,” “sedition,” and “domestic terrorism.” But McIver? She’ll probably get a CNN interview and a standing ovation at the next DNC convention. Because that’s the world we live in now—where lawbreaking is apparently noble, so long as you’re on the left side of the aisle.
Pass the popcorn. And maybe some handcuffs.
