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DHS Agents Confronted Woman Over ICE Instagram Post

newsJun 26, 2026192,518

Paigelynne Gonyea says two DHS/ICE agents visited her at a Syracuse polling place in June and demanded she delete a January Instagram post that named Jonathan Ross as the ICE officer who shot Renee Good. Gonyea’s post cited the Minnesota Star Tribune and included a still from publicly available video, and she says agents offered no evidence that the post violated any law. Civil liberties lawyers including Marc Grossman say the visit raises First Amendment concerns and that the government cannot punish speech that repeats publicly reported information. Legal commentator Michael Feinberg said sending armed federal agents into a polling location could violate 18 U.S.C. 592, which limits federal law enforcement presence at polling places except to repel armed invasion. One of the agents declined to answer questions from a reporter, and advocates are calling for a FOIA inquiry and further investigation into DHS’s actions. The episode has prompted calls for legal review and potential litigation to clarify whether the visit constituted intimidation of a poll worker or unlawful government suppression of protected speech.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

Really hoping someone files a FOIA into this and gets some investigatory material, because there is not a single shred of doubt that her post is protected free speech under the First Amendment and agents SHOULD know that. She literally identified the source of her information as a newspaper!

Screenshot of an Instagram post included in the story.

USER: turndapaIgeoffofficial. Post: BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a good day for Jonathan to be indicted!

Underneath is the following text: Paigelynne Gonyea posted the name of the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis in January. She said the post triggered a visit and a warning from federal agents claiming she "doxxed" the agent.
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