N.J. congresswoman charged in ICE jail melee returns to the facility after detainee’s death

Rep. McIver returns to ICE facility months after assault charges

Rep. LaMonica McIver made another stop at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in New Jersey to repeat her calls to close it.

McIver calls for ICE facility to shut down after 'traumatic' center tour

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) on Tuesday advocated in support of the closure of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark, New Jersey, where she was arrested and charged in May for assaulting officers. The congresswoman described revisiting Delaney Hall as “traumatic” and claimed she was the one assaulted, not federal law enforcement. “We’re going to continue to say that this facility should not be open,” she told reporters. “When …

N.J. congresswoman charged in ICE jail melee returns to the facility after detainee’s death

U.S. Rep. Lamonica McIver’s return was for a congressional oversight 11 days after detainee Jean Wilson Brutus died on Dec. 12.