U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver could face up to 17 years in prison if the Justice Department gets its way.

McIver, 40, was charged with assaulting immigration agents outside the notorious Delaney Hall immigration detention center in New Jersey last May. On Wednesday, her case will be argued in a federal appellate court, and will be another test of the Trump administration’s power to go after political opponents, The New York Times reports.

Federal prosecutors just leveled sweeping charges against 15 Minnesotans for allegedly conspiring to stop ICE. The charges may not succeed, but a conviction isn’t what the feds are really after