McIver Speaks on Political Intimidation and Urgent Need for Oversight

In case you missed it, this morning, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) joined MSNBC’s The Weekend. The Congresswoman spoke to Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels, and Elise Jordan about the events that unfolded last month at an ICE facility in her district when she and two of her colleagues attempted to conduct what should have been a routine congressional oversight visit. McIver also addressed the ensuing political intimidation and charges brought against her in the interview, which you can watch here.

McIver spoke on the oversight authority granted, by law, to members of Congress: 

• “We went there to conduct an oversight visit. Obviously, everyone knows as Congress members—we would think everyone knows—that we have the right to facilitate oversight visits at ICE…