Months after he sent a harsh email to ICE, agents tracked him to his home and a hotel
David Streever takes a selfie while on vacation with his daughter and a character at Moomin World in Finland. Later, the Streevers would learn the same agents presented the same form to a Syracuse poll worker earlier that day, and accused her of threatening an ICE (immigration enforcement agency) officer on her Instagram account. He did remember a strongly worded note he had sent to Lyons' government email address in January right after federal immigration officers fatally shot two people in Minneapolis. Todd Lyons, then-acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, testifies during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Feb. 10. The department gave NPR a statement that said: "ICE investigates all credible threats towards its employees and officers, including threats to the ICE Director. This is criticizing the director of ICE and appealing to his conscience and sharing [Streever's] own views," said Steinbaugh, who has talked with Streever about his case. It said that ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility "has identified an email sent to Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, which it has reason to believe may constitute a violation of Title 19 of the U.S. At the bottom of the form it said, "Receipt of this Notice will be taken into consideration, should you continue to be involved in any criminal activities described above." For months, DHS (Dept. of Homeland Security) and ICE have been waging a crackdown on alleged threats against their personnel and doxxing attempts. Federal agents have sent administrative subpoenas to email and social media platforms to find out the identities of people who have posted about ICE anonymously. "This danger is not hypothetical," said a recent statement from DHS.
