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Edward Helmore

New Jersey Democratic representative pleads not guilty to Ice protest charges

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LaMonica McIver outside federal court in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday, after pleading not guilty. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

LaMonica McIver, the New Jersey Democratic representative who is facing felony charges after a recent incident during a congressional oversight visit to an Ice detention facility, pleaded not guilty in federal court on Wednesday.

Prosecutors allege that McIver forcibly interfered with law enforcement officials in a 9 May confrontation outside Delaney Hall federal immigration facility in Newark, New Jersey. If found guilty, she faces a maximum sentence of 17 years in prison.

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