Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) has lost her appeal to toss federal charges over her congressional oversight visit to the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, last year.

In a split 2-1 decision on Wednesday, the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit determined the congresswoman’s legislative immunity defense did not hold up.

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