ACLU and ACLU of New Jersey React to Trump Administration’s Charges Against Congresswoman McIver

WASHINGTON — In response to the charges filed against Rep. LaMonica McIver today, Mike Zamore, national director of policy and government affairs at the ACLU, and Amol Sinha, executive director of ACLU-NJ, issued the following statement:

“The Trump administration’s political charges against Congresswoman McIver is a method more suited for authoritarianism than American democracy. Elected officials represent the people, not the administration’s interests. They have every right to exercise their legally authorized oversight responsibilities for expanded immigration detention in New Jersey.

“If the Trump administration can target elected officials who oppose its extreme agenda, it can happen to any one of us. We demand that they drop the charges against Rep. McIver, and we implore her fellow members of Congress to call for the same.”