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ICE Tracks Critic; Lawsuit Alleges First Amendment Violation

7/1/2026

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Agents tracked ICE critic David Streever to New York, left business cards, and refused to answer Syracuse.com or Homeland Security spokesperson Lauren Bis after President Donald Trump’s order on domestic terrorism.
Streever will ask his credit-card company to probe data obtained via ICE’s Transaction Record Analysis Center.
A February lawsuit alleges the data gathering intimidated ICE observers and violated First Amendment rights, plaintiff Elinor Hilton says it changed her life.

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Agents tracked ICE critic David Streever to New York, left business cards, and refused to answer Syracuse.com or Homeland Security spokesperson Lauren Bis after President Donald Trump’s order on domestic terrorism.
Streever will ask his credit-card company to probe data obtained via ICE’s Transaction Record Analysis Center.
A February lawsuit alleges the data gathering intimidated ICE observers and violated First Amendment rights, plaintiff Elinor Hilton says it changed her life.