Rep. LaMonica McIver wears red in this screenshot from the body camera footage DHS provided to Fox News. (Department of Homeland Security)
WHITE HOUSE BLASTS DEMS ‘CROSSING THE LINE’ BY STORMING ICE FACILITY
During a press conference, McIver escalated her claims, saying she was "assaulted by multiple ICE officers while regional directors of ICE watched it happen."
DHS footage posted to X Saturday appears to show McIver barreling unprovoked through law enforcement near the gate.
"WATCH: US Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (wearing a red blazer), storms the gate of Delaney Hall Detention Center ASSAULTING an ICE agent," DHS captioned the video.
DHS officials have not yet confirmed any pending charges against those accused of storming the center.
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., accused an ICE agent of shoving her during the incident. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Take Back the Court Action Fund)
They also accused Alina Habba, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey, of "repeatedly" making "inaccurate, inflammatory, and unfair" public statements.
In an X post Friday, Habba wrote, "The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW."
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Baraka's attorneys seemingly accused Habba of "falsely ma[king] public statements accusing the Mayor of violating the ‘rule of law’" and "improperly claim[ing] that he is guilty of the trespass charge filed against him."
DHS referred inquiries from Fox News Digital to the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, who did not immediately respond.
Alexandra Koch is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Prior to joining Fox News, Alexandra covered breaking news, crime, religion, and the military in the southeast.
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