Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/539

Official text excerpt

119 HRES 539 IH: Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and removing her from the Committee on Homeland Security. 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-06-24 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 IV 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 539 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2025 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics RESOLUTION Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and removing her from the Committee on Homeland Security. Whereas, on May 9, 2025, Representative McIver took part in an incident at the Delaney Hall Federal Immigration Facility located in Newark, New Jersey; Whereas Representative LaMonica McIver of New Jersey, as a result of her actions on May 9, 2025, has been charged in a three-count indictment by a Federal grand jury for assaulting, resisting, impeding, and interfering with Federal officers; Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have challenged guidance from a Federal officer regarding access to the secure immigration detention facility; Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have interfered with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officials from making an arrest of an unauthorized visitor; Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have slammed her forearm into the body and restrain an HSI officer by forcibly grabbing him ; Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have further interfered with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deportation Officer engaged in the performance of his official duties; Whereas body camera and other video evidence support the allegations made within the Federal indictment; Whereas such actions constitute a violation of section 111(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, relating to assaulting, resisting, impeding, and interfering with a Federal officer; Whereas clause 1 of rule XXIII of the Rules of t…

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Citations

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