Rochester man sues DHS over home visit and tracking after emailing ICE official

David Streever filed a federal lawsuit July 6 against the Department of Homeland Security after agents visited his Rochester home and tracked him to a hotel near JFK Airport—all five months after he sent a critical email to then-acting ICE Director Todd Lyons. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression argues the email constituted protected First Amendment speech. DHS agents left a warning notice citing federal threat statutes, though Streever's message compared Lyons to a Nazi rather than containing direct threats.