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Kiwi ICE Detainee Everlee Wihongi on 'Dehumanising Conditions' in Custody

USCIS granted permanent asylum after more than 150 days in detention, letting the City Council analyst return to work, officials said.

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Everelee Wihongi said officials at the facility would refer to her as a bunk-bed number, rather than by her name.

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Kiwi ICE detainee Everlee Wihongi on 'dehumanising conditions' in custody

Everelee Wihongi said officials at the facility would refer to her as a bunk-bed number, rather than by her name.

·Wellington, New Zealand
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Kiwi detained by ICE recalls ‘miserable, dehumanising conditions’

Kiwi detained by ICE recalls ‘miserable, dehumanising conditions’

·Otago, New Zealand
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Kiwi ICE detainee Everlee Wihongi on ‘dehumanising conditions’ in custody

By Finn Blackwell of RNZ What gives you hope when you’re being held in a United States immigration detention facility? For New Zealand citizen Everlee...

·Auckland, New Zealand
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NYC immigrant whose ICE detention drew criticism in high places gets asylum

The Venezuelan immigrant reported back to work at his City Council analyst job on Monday.

·New York, United States
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A New York City Council Employee Detained by ICE for over 150 Days Has Finally Been Granted Asylum.

Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, a New York City Council employee and data analyst who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in January and was once ordered deported by an immigration judge, received asylum status from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Monday, August 10, allowing him to live and work permanently in the United States. New York City Council President Ju Manning announced the news on so…

·New York, United States
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Gothamist broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
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