Attorney LaMonica McIver asks ICE director, ‘Do you think you’re going to hell?’
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Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver, who is currently facing charges related to interfering with ICE officials at a detention center, is facing intense pressure online over her line of questioning to ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons at a heated hearing Tuesday.
“How do you think Judgment Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?” McIver asked Lyons during a hearing where Democrats he cursed often against ICE and President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda in general while highlighting the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both killed by immigration agents during a standoff in Minneapolis in recent weeks.
Lyons replied, “I will not entertain that question.”
“Not really,” McIver replied. “Do you think you’re going to hell?”
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Representative LaMonica McIver, Democrat of New Jersey, speaks during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Department of Homeland Security oversight on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Feb. 10, 2026. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino intervened and reminded members of “moral standards,” prompting McIver to respond, “Mr. Chairman, I’m just asking a question. You guys always talk about religion and the Bible.”
Fox News conference reporter Bill Melugin tweeted to X that audible gasps could be heard in the room at McIver’s questions.
The exchange quickly went viral on social media, where conservatives took issue with McIver’s comments.
House Republicans, in send to Xcalled the situation a “complete decline” from McIver.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers questioned a man on Lake Street near the Carmel Mall in Minnesota on Dec. 10, 2025. (Photo by Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“Why isn’t HHOGO fired from his committees yet??!” Conservative commentator Nick Sortor posted on X.
The Trump War Room account called McIver “missing” in a send to Xhe added, “What a strange thing!”
“This exchange is a low point in Congressional history,” said America First New Jersey Chairman Mike Crispi posted on X.
“This woman is completely corrupt, even for the Democratic Alliance,” conservative commentator Dave Rubin wrote in X.
“Isn’t this the sister who is charged with assaulting federal agents?” Red State writer Bonchie posted on X.
“These people are bad,” Townhall writer Amy Curtis wrote in X.
“ICE Derangement Syndrome is a real thing in today’s Democratic Party,” GOP Sen. Jim Banks told X.
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Todd Lyons, acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), testified during the House Committee on Homeland Security Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Fox News Digital has reached out to McIver’s office for comment.
McIver, who represents New Jersey’s 10th congressional district, faces a three-count federal indictment stemming from an incident on May 9, 2025, at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark.
