It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight
Man wins fight to block ICE threat over off-the-cuff angry email.
A federal judge has ruled that it is not illegal to send an email to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials expressing the belief that their actions will bring shame upon them, according to a preliminary injunction issued on Tuesday. This decision prevents ICE from threatening to prosecute a critic for exercising their protected right to free speech.
In January, David Streever wrote a scathing email to then-acting director of ICE, Todd Lyons, criticizing Lyons for his role in the killings of two Minnesota protestors against ICE, Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Streever called Lyons a "monstrous human being" and compared him to a notorious Nazi officer, predicting that even Trump would turn on Lyons for defending the "obvious" slayings of Americans. Streever's email to ICE is highlighted in the article.
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