Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) issued the following statement:
“We stand with Representative LaMonica McIver in the face of efforts to intimidate her and silence those who seek to hold this administration accountable.
“Under federal law, members of Congress have the legally protected authority to conduct oversight inspections of immigration detention facilities. If Representative McIver had posed such a serious threat, she wouldn’t have been invited back inside the Delaney Hall facility to finish her tour that day.
“Just yesterday, a federal judge reprimanded Department of Justice prosecutors in court while dismissing similarly baseless charges brought against Newark’s mayor.
“The Department of Justice should drop the case against Representative McIver and direct their resources toward serious matters of public safety. Their focus should be on faithfully following the law, not settling political scores.”
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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester represents Delaware in the United States Senate where she serves on the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.