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- Democratic lawmaker pleads not guilty to assaulting US agents at immigration center</p>
<p>June 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM</p>
<p>(Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges she assaulted and impeded federal agents outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey, the lawmaker said in a social media post.</p>
<p>McIver, who represents a district in northern New Jersey, was indicted on three federal counts after prosecutors said she struck two Department of Homeland Security agents with her forearms during a scuffle on May 9.</p>
<p>McIver was conducting an oversight visit along with two other Democratic members of Congress at a privately run detention center in Newark, New Jersey. She resisted agents who tried to arrest the city's mayor, Ras Baraka, for trespassing at the facility, according to a criminal complaint.</p>
<p>The charge against Baraka was later dropped.</p>
<p>McIver has denied the allegations and accused President Donald Trump's administration of political intimidation.</p>
<p>"To all who stand up to this administration—do not back down," McIver wrote following her court appearance. "The facts are on our side."</p>
<p>(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)</p>
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