Another ICE threat visit: How did agents track down this critic on his vacation?

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Another ICE threat visit: How did agents track down this critic on his vacation?

Updated: Jun. 28, 2026, 9:49 a.m. | Published: Jun. 28, 2026, 8:00 a.m.


David Streever and daughter Helen, 7, pose with the character Haisuli at Moominworld amusement park in Finland. This photo was taken just after Streever's wife said ICE agents were looking for him in Rochester about an email he sent in January.Provided photo

By Michelle Breidenbach | [e-mail]

After two federal law enforcement agents tracked down a Syracuse woman last Tuesday to warn her about a social media post, they went to Rochester to find David Streever.

A picture showed up on his phone from the door camera. Two people stood among the childrens’ toys on his porch. A woman, wearing an ordinary windbreaker and slip-on sneakers, held a bunch of papers. ... Streever was not there. He was with his seven-year-old daughter at Moominworld in Finland – an amusement park in the happiest country in the world.

The two federal agents told Streever’s wife they had come Tuesday afternoon to deliver a warning letter about an email Streever had sent in January to Todd Lyons, then the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Streever sort of remembered the note he wrote when he was feeling angry and helpless after the federal government shot to death two protesters in Minnesota. ... Streever decided to carry on. He would call them when he got home.


ICE agents ring the doorbell at David Streeter's home in Rochester. They delivered a warning about an email he wrote in January 2026 to Todd Lyons, the former acting ICE director. Provided photo

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