Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is facing federal charges for allegedly assaulting an officer from the Department of Homeland Security during a chaotic melee that erupted outside of an ICE detention facility in her home state of New Jersey,

Federal prosecutors have charged Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault over a chaotic clash with law enforcement outside an immigration center, while dropping a case against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.

New Jersey's interim U.S. attorney wrote on social media that Rep. LaMonica McIver is facing a charge of assaulting, impeding or interfering with law enforcement during an immigration protest May 9. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested in the incident,