Judge Says Habba Has Served as U.S. Attorney Without Legal Authority

Defense lawyers had questioned whether Alina Habba, a Trump loyalist, was legally authorized to run the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey.

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A Prosecutor Took on MS-13 and Violent Crime. Trump Fired Her Anyway.

Desiree Grace was a casualty of the struggle between the White House and district judges over who would lead the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey.

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Bypassing Habba, Judges in New Jersey Name New Top Federal Prosecutor

Alina Habba’s term as interim U.S. attorney was set to expire on Tuesday. New Jersey’s two Democratic senators had accused her of pursuing “frivolous and politically motivated prosecutions.”

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Rep. LaMonica McIver Pleads Not Guilty to Assault at Migrant Detention Center

Representative LaMonica McIver was caught up in an onrush outside a troubled Newark immigration facility where, weeks later, four detainees escaped.

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ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits

The policy specifies that ICE field offices are not subject to an existing law that allows members of Congress to make unannounced oversight visits to immigration facilities that “detain or otherwise house aliens.”

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Elected Officials Who Have Been Detained in Protests

The arrest of Brad Lander was the latest case in which an official has been held while protesting President Trump’s immigration agenda.

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Law Enforcement Officers Respond to Reports of Unrest at Migrant Facility

Detainees at Delaney Hall in Newark had complained about meager amounts of food and water over the past day.

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New to Congress, She’s in the Cross Hairs of Trump’s Justice Department

Representative LaMonica McIver faces assault charges after a clash outside a migrant detention center in Newark, the city where she rose to political power.

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D.O.J. Accuses Rep. LaMonica McIver of Assaulting 2 ICE Agents as Democrats Decry Charges

Representative LaMonica McIver, Democrat of New Jersey, faces assault charges after a clash outside a migrant detention center in Newark. She has denied the government’s depiction of events.

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