New York resident David Streever sues ICE on free speech grounds over critical email sent to its former head
Source: Associated Press
New York resident sues ICE on free speech grounds over critical email sent to its former head
By PATRICK WHITTLE
Updated 2:50 PM EDT, July 6, 2026
An upstate New York resident sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for sending federal officers to his house with a warning over an email he sent to the agency’s one-time head.
David Streever, who is a U.S. citizen, was on a trip to Finland when two officers showed up to his Rochester home in June and presented his wife with a warning notice informing him that the email he sent months earlier was considered a threat, his attorneys said. Streever sent the email in January to Todd Lyons, then the acting director of ICE, after an immigration officer fatally shot Minneapolis resident Renee Good during an anti-ICE demonstration.
In the email, Streever called Lyons “a monstrous human being” who “will never know peace.” He said the agency violated his First Amendment rights in a lawsuit filed Monday in Washington D.C.
Streever is one of at least two residents of upstate New York who was served with a federal warning in June in the wake of criticizing ICE online. The Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression is representing Streever, and said it filed the lawsuit because Streever’s right to free expression was violated.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/ice-lawsuit-free-speech-first-amendment-immigration-7c02685c16e4b141bea4470c35133a36
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