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A New York man has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and ICE, alleging federal officers threatened and tracked him down after he sent an email criticizing the agency's former acting director. The lawsuit claims the government's response violated his First Amendment rights.

NY Man Sues DHS After Feds Tracked Him for Emailing ICE Director Written by in A New York man is taking the Department of Homeland Security to court after federal agents showed up at his home and tracked his movements — all because he sent an email criticizing the former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. David Streever, who lives in Rochester, N.Y., says agents attempted to locate him at both his residence and a hotel, and left behind a written notice warning him that the email he sent to the former ICE chief could potentially be considered illegal. Doorbell camera footage captured two federal agents wearing blue jackets standing on Streever’s porch on June 23, 2026, documenting the visit to his home. Streever has now filed a lawsuit in response to what he describes as government overreach and an attempt to intimidate him for exercising his right to free speech. The case has drawn attention from civil liberties advocates who say it raises troubling questions about whether the federal government is using its surveillance and law enforcement resources to silence critics.

David Streever filed a lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and 6 other federal officials, including 3 agents who tried to deliver a warning to him in June. ICE tactics are “un-American, unconstitutional and unacceptable in a free society.” www.syracuse.com/news/2026/07...

ICE sent officers to a man’s home over an email. Now he’s suing <p>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&#8217;s one-time head.</p>

NPR News Man sues DHS after agents tracked him down for sending a scathing email to ICE NPR | By Jude Joffe-Block Published July 6, 2026 at 11:50 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email David Streever In side-by-side photos recorded by a doorbell camera, two federal agents in blue jackets are seen on David Streever's porch at his home in Rochester, N.Y. on June 23, 2026. Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations tried to track down Rochester resident David Streever last month and give him a warning notice alleging that he had potentially violated the law when he wrote a harsh email months earlier to the former head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Now a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression on Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C. argues Streever's January email was protected speech and the federal agents' and their superiors violated Streever's First Amendment rights. NPR reported last week about HSI agents trying to contact Streever first at his home and later at a hotel over an email that Streever wrote to Todd Lyons, who stepped down as the acting director of ICE at the end of May. FIRE's …

New York man sues ICE for sending officers to his house after he emailed agency head <p>David Streever had emailed acting ICE director after an immigration officer fatally shot Minneapolis resident Renee Good</p><p>An upstate New York resident sued US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement">ICE</a>) for sending federal officers to his house with a warning over an email he sent to the agency’s one-time head.</p><p>David Streever, who is a US 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 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/renee-good-autopsy-ice-minneapolis">Renee Good</a> in a confrontation caught on video during an anti-ICE demonstration.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/07/new-york-man-sues-ice-email">Continue reading...</…

Upstate New York resident & U.S. citizen sues #ICE for sending federal officers to his house w/warning over an email he sent protesting Renee Good's murder to the agency’s one-time head. ICE violated his #FirstAmendment rights, says lawsuit filed Monday in Washington D.C. apnews.com/article/ice-...

Harry breaks down a new lawsuit from a U.S. citizen who sent a harsh email criticizing ICE, and then federal agents showed up at his home. The lawsuit alleges retaliation for protected speech. youtu.be/Sb8fMzjPcG4?...

NY man sues DHS after agents tracked him for sending an email to the ... NPR News NY man sues DHS after agents tracked him for sending an email to the head of ICE NPR | By Jude Joffe-Block Published July 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email David Streever In side-by-side photos recorded by a doorbell camera, two federal agents in blue jackets are seen on David Streever's porch at his home in Rochester, N.Y. on June 23, 2026. Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations tried to track down Rochester resident David Streever last month and give him a warning notice alleging that he had potentially violated the law when he wrote a harsh email months earlier to the former head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Now a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression on Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C. argues Streever's January email was protected speech and the federal agents' and their superiors violated Streever's First Amendment rights. NPR reported last week about HSI agents trying to contact Streever first at his home and later at a hotel over an email that Streever wrote to Todd Lyon…

#LAWSUIT‼️ We’re suing #DHS after agents tracked down a #Rochester, #NY, man for sending a critical email to #ÏCE ’s director. This is #America at 250. Dispatching federal agents to your doorstep because you criticized a public official is an insult to the #FirstAmendment.

Man sues DHS after agents tracked him down for sending a scathing email to ICE <p>An upstate New York resident sued ICE for sending federal officers to his house with a warning over an email he sent to the agency's one-time head.</p>

NY man sues DHS after agents tracked him for sending an email to the head of ICE Federal agents tried to track David Streever to his home and hotel, and left him a warning notice that a critical email he sent the former head of ICE may have been illegal. Now he's suing.

NY man filed lawsuit after ICE showed up at his house becsuse Asshat DHS Secretary Marky Mark Mullet didn't like the email the NY man sent him. It wasn't threatening, the DHS Secretary just didn't like it!! share.google/aSygsYqADcMU...

BREAKING: ICE sent officers to an upstate NY home over an email sent to Todd Lyons months earlier over Renee Good’s killing. Now he’s suing for a violation of his 1st Amendment rights. apnews.com/article/ice-...

Who is David Streever? Rochester man files lawsuit against DHS after ICE visit to his home over email A Rochester man is suing DHS after federal agents warned him over a harsh email he sent to ICE's former acting director.

Man sues DHS after agents tracked him down for sending a scathing email to ICE KQED NPR Fed agents tried to give him a warning notice to sign Lawsuit filed by Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression for violating First Amendment rights Part of a larger pattern by ICE Read bit.ly/4gVZSzB

A New York man sues the US administration over retaliation & intimidation for an email he sent, critical of the homicidal disruption- and abduction-squads https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5956517-new-york-lawsuit-immigration-enforcement-agents-email