“I fundamentally believe that the court got it wrong here.
To protect the people, their elected representatives must be authorized to conduct oversight of the executive branch without fear of retaliation,”
McIver said in a statement.
“Today’s decision chills that authority and emboldens the Trump administration to continue persecuting our most vulnerable communities,
those who try to defend them,
and anyone who dares hold the president or his lackeys accountable.
“I will not fold to this administration.
We are exploring every possible option.
The administration will not stop me from doing my job or standing for what is right. This is not over.”
On the 9 May 2025 visit to Delaney Hall, McIver joined other elected officials in an inspection of the facility, a task given to members of Congress that the Trump administration has sought to limit.
Paul Fishman, McIver’s attorney, said after Wednesday’s decision:
“As we argued before the court,
it is too dangerous if the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security are able to thwart members of Congress from inspecting an ICE detention facility,
create chaos, and then prosecute those members
and pretend it was their fault."
