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ICE Agency Internal Watchdog Pivots to Monitoring American Civilians and Online Speech
The intersection of federal authority and protected First Amendment activity has reached a new, contentious frontier as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents increasingly utilize the agency’s internal disciplinary arm to target private citizens for their online commentary. During the June primary elections in Syracuse, New York, federal agents approached poll worker Paigelynne Gonyea at […]
The Rise of the Federal Speech Police: ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility and the Crackdown on Online Dissent
The lines between internal agency oversight and domestic surveillance have begun to blur as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pivots its resources toward monitoring the digital speech of American civilians. In a June incident that has ignited a firestorm of civil liberties concerns, federal agents arrived at a polling site in Syracuse, New York, to […]
