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Poll Worker Again Confronted by ICE Officers Over Post Criticizing Agent Who Killed Minneapolis Woman

Jun 1, 2025·Location: Syracuse, NY

Poll Worker Again Confronted by ICE Officers Over Post Criticizing Agent Who Killed Minneapolis Woman
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Paigelynne Gonyea, a poll worker in Syracuse, New York, said two ICE officers visited her at a polling site on June 23, 2026, during state primaries to question her about a January social media post naming Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis during anti-ICE demonstrations. The officers presented a written notice from ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility alleging she may have violated laws against publicly posting officers' personal information; Gonyea again refused to sign it, saying doing so would be an admission of guilt. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, Lauren Bis, said Gonyea committed a federal crime by posting Ross's address online and that she would be investigated for doxing, while another poll worker, Sheilia Milledge, recorded the encounter on video. Court documents have indicated ICE's OPR investigated 131 cases of alleged doxing and threats against its employees between January 2025 and March 2026.

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