New York Resident Sues ICE on Free Speech Grounds over Critical Email Sent to Its Former Head
The lawsuit says federal agents tracked Streever to his Rochester home and hotel after an email he sent in January was treated as a threat.
- On Monday, Rochester resident David Streever sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging federal agents violated his First Amendment rights by issuing a warning notice over a critical email sent in January.
- Streever sent the critical email in January to then-acting ICE director Todd Lyons, criticizing the agency's response to a Minneapolis shooting and comparing Lyons to a Nazi leader.
- Five months later, on June 23, two Homeland Security Investigations agents visited Streever's home while he was in Finland, leaving a "WARNING NOTICE" claiming he "MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW."
- Agents also confronted Syracuse resident Paigelynne Gonyea at a polling place on June 23, where DHS officials later claimed she "committed a federal crime by posting the address of an ICE law enforcement officer online."
- Attorney Adam Steinbaugh argues Streever's email was protected political speech, and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression seeks to bar federal agents from retaliating against critics.
59 Articles
59 Articles
NY Man Sues DHS After ICE Agents Show Up at His Home Over Email Calling Todd M. Lyons a 'Monstrous Human Being'
A New York author has sued the Department of Homeland Security after federal agents showed up at his home and tracked him to a hotel over an email he sent criticising ICE's former acting director. David Streever filed a 27-page lawsuit in federal court in Washington, DC on Monday, arguing that Homeland Security retaliated against him for a January email to then-acting ICE Director Todd Lyons calling Lyons a 'monstrous human being'. The suit, bro…
FIRE Sues DHS After Agents Menace ICE Critic's Family
Via press release from FIRE: Five months after a Rochester man, David Streever, wrote a critical email to the then-head of ICE during the agency’s January crackdown in Minnesota, federal officers recently went to extraordinary lengths to confront and intimidate him — even going so far as to stake out his New York City hotel as he returned from an overseas vacation with his daughter. That’s an outrageous violation of an American’s First Amendmen…
Trump agency sued by critic who feds tracked down for calling official 'monstrous'
All he did was call Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin a "monstrous human being" and federal agents showed up at his door. Syracuse.com reported on Monday that father of two David Streever filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against Mullin and six other officials, alleging that they violated his First Amendment Rights. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE, joined Streever in the lawsuit a…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
