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A second New York resident said Tuesday that federal authorities gave him an email warning that authorities deemed threatening after he criticized the tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
David Streever, of Rochester, was on a trip to Finland last week when two police officers arrived at his home and served his wife a notice informing her that an email she sent earlier this year was considered dangerous, his lawyer told the Associated Press.
Streever sent an email in January to Todd Lyons, then acting ICE director, after an ICE agent shot and killed U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good during an immigration enforcement incident in Minneapolis.
In the email, Streever told Lyons that he was a “terrible person” and “couldn’t keep quiet.”
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Federal officials were seen at David Streever’s home in Rochester, New York, in June 2026. (David Streever via AP)
“The way you defend the open killings in Minnesota, as we see the videos, will lead to your downfall. Even Trump will turn on you before the end, and you will be a sad, despicable man living in shame because of your sad weakness,” Streever said in an email, according to Adam Steinbaugh, a lawyer representing the Foundation for Rights for Individuals and Streever.
Federal officials also tried to confront Streever at a New York City hotel after he returned from Finland, but hotel staff shooed them away, Steinbaugh said.
Steinbaugh said the email was protected as speech under the First Amendment and did not represent a legitimate threat.
“A real threat is a serious expression of intent to commit violence. This email doesn’t even come close,” Steinbaugh said. “It’s a political speech, it’s an act of asking for your government.”
Streever said he was shocked when the police came to his house to ask him about his email.
“Like many Americans, I was devastated after the Minnesota shooting and felt compelled to do something,” he said in a statement to The Associated Press. “Writing a letter to the head of ICE seemed like the least I could do to express my anger. I never dreamed it would lead to federal officials knocking on my door.”
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Paigelynne Gonyea is handed a form at a polling place on June 23, 2026, in Syracuse, New York. (Sheilia Milledge via AP)
“ICE investigates all threats against its employees and officers, including threats against the Director of ICE,” the agency said in a statement sent to the Associated Press.
The warning to Streever was issued the same week poll worker Paigelynne Gonyea, of Syracuse, said two officials met her at a polling place during the New York primary to question her about a social media post she wrote about Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who killed Good.
Gonyea said he believed that the warning to him was because of the letter he wrote in January where he shared Ross’ photo with the caption: “I think today is a good day for Jonathan to be charged.”
The post, which is online, was made after Ross had already been identified by the media.
Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Lauren Bis shared a different social media image from Gonyea’s where she said the woman shared Ross’ address, according to the Associated Press, although part of the post has been changed.
Bis said in a statement last week that Gonyea “committed a crime by posting the address of an ICE officer on the Internet” and “if you fire our officers, we will investigate you, and you will face the law.”
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Freedom advocates have argued that these incidents reflect the use of federal law that violates Americans’ rights to privacy and liberty. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
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Free speech advocates, including those at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the American Civil Liberties Union, have argued that the two incidents show federal enforcement infringes on Americans’ rights to privacy and freedom.
Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of the ACLU’s project on speech, privacy and technology, said the First Amendment guarantees the right to criticize the government.
“No one should have government agents follow them to their home or hotel in retaliation for sending an email expressing frustration and opposition to government action,” Wessler told the Associated Press. “This is an abuse of power and a massive attempt to silence the constitutionally protected speech of the American people.”
ICE and DHS said they are investigating credible threats and doxxing of law enforcement officials. The government has not publicly provided a full explanation of why Streever’s email was considered a threat.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
