Congresswoman LaMonica McIver did not come to play at this week’s House Homeland Security Committee hearing. 

On Tuesday, during a routine hearing, the New Jersey Democrat grilled Todd Lyons, the acting Director of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), over fatal shootings and deaths in immigration detention. 

Though things got interesting as McIver continued to question Lyons about his sense of morality as it relates to his job.

“How do you think Judgment Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?" McIver pressed Lyons, as she highlighted the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were both killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis in January. Todd was visibly uncomfortable.

"I'm not going to entertain that question,” he said. 

 “Do you think you’re going to hell, Mr. Lyons?” McIver said.

The clash came as lawmakers questioned ICE’s use of force and conditions in facilities like Delaney Hall in Newark, where deaths in custody have sparked protests and national outrage. McIver pressed Lyons on whether his “religious values and morals” line up with an agency she says has “blood on its hands.” 

Lyons refused to answer, prompting McIver to double down on her Judgement Day question before the Republican chair cut her off for violating “decorum.”

McIver’s turn in the spotlight was already on political radars. Politico’s New Jersey Playbook flagged her as “one of the most interesting Dems to watch” on the panel, pointing to an earlier ICE oversight attempt that ended with federal charges against her.

In 2025, the Congresswoman was indicted after a visit to an ICE detention center in Delaney Hall turned into an intense and physical exchange with immigration officers.

“The Administration didn’t tell us this place was open and operating, so we didn’t have any information,” McIver said. “The only thing we could really do is show up and go there and see what was going on,” she said about the incident to The New Yorker. Prosecutors say she assaulted officers, a claim she calls baseless and political.

In her exchange with Lyons, McIver tried to connect that history to what’s happening now: from Newark detention conditions to high-profile killings tied to federal immigration enforcement in places like Minnesota. For her, the question wasn’t just about policy—it was about morality, accountability, and what it means to be in charge when people die on your watch.

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