The Intercept is challenging the #DHS’s🚨refusal to release public docs rlt to an unlawful database🚨intended to stifle protest & punish ppl who exercise their #FirstAmendment #rights. In a complaint filed in SDNY today *asks:⚡court to compel the govt to rel docs req thru: FOIA re⬆️#surveillance & travel restrictions for #protesters.

“It’s not illegal to monitor the activity of IMM agents inside your comm -What's🚨illegal is: US govt’s secret list of activists...
#ICE #USPol
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/24/intercept-lawsuit-ice-protesters-surveillance-travel/

The Intercept Sues to Uncover Secretive Government Anti-Protester Database

The Department of Homeland Security refuses to comply with FOIA requests over its unlawful efforts to stifle the First Amendment.

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