Several posts on X made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) referencing a May incident at the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center in New Jersey, in which U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver was charged with assaulting federal immigration officers, have been removed following an order from Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper.

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) was charged in May with assaulting federal immigration officers during a congressional visit to the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center in Newark.

McIver has pleaded not guilty and faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted.

McIver argued that the charges violate the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause and are politically motivated, though she was seen on video physically pushing and striking a federal ICE agent. Continues…