Democrats rally behind LaMonica McIver, congresswoman charged with felony assault of ICE agents

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "Call ICE and arrange a tour," Homan told reporters at the White House.
32% : Department of Homeland Security officials said the lawmakers and Newark mayor disrupted the entry of a detainee transport bus and forced their way through the gate, placing officers in harm's way. Court documents include pictures of McIver during the protest that law enforcement say demonstrate her "multiple attempts to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, and interfere with the agents" as they tried to arrest Baraka. Republicans and the Trump administration have also united around the decision to charge the congresswoman, saying "assaulting ICE" is the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's "newest strategy.

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