Three Democratic lawmakers felt justified with storming ICE facility

Representative LaMonica McIver pushes her body into an agent in image that contradicts her claims. (Department of Homeland Security)

Three Democratic lawmakers claimed that they were justified with storming an ICE facility. The three were not the only ones there. Ras Baraka, Newark’s mayor, was arrested on trespassing charges. During the storming, an ICE agent was body slammed. Representative LaMonica McIver claimed that she did not know how to body slam and that there was no video that substantiated that claim. Unfortunately for McIver, CNN showed a video of her body slamming an ICE agent.

From Fox News:

“Chaos ensued when someone on the phone above the leaders of ICE who were with us at that facility instructed them to go out of the facility, go to the private property and lock the mayor of the largest city in the state of New Jersey up,” Coleman said.

Responding to DHS accusing her of “body slamming” an ICE officer, @RepLaMonica tells @DanaBashCNN, “I honestly do not know how to body slam anyone. There’s no video that supports me body slamming anyone.”@RepMenendez says, “There were a lot of opportunities for DHS, for ICE to… pic.twitter.com/Fhfpq06jHq

— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) May 11, 2025

McIver also responded to accusations from the Department of Homeland Security that she “body slammed” law enforcement officers during the incident.

“I honestly do not know how to body slam anyone. There’s no video that supports me body slamming anyone,” she told CNN’s Dana Bash.

Mendez argued that it was the responsibility of the ICE officers and other law enforcement to ensure the situation didn’t get out of hand.

“There were a lot of opportunities for DHS, for ICE to de-escalate the situation. They chose not to,” Menendez said. “It’s something that should really shock all Americans.”

Additional Reading:

Hagstrom, A. (2025, May 11). Dem lawmakers defend ‘storming’ of ICE facility, say Trump admin is ‘lying at all levels’. Fox News. Link.

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