City Council Staffer to Remain Behind Bars: Judge

Mamdani New York City Council Staffer Ordered to Be Deported

Rafael Rubio, a 53-year-old staffer at the New York City Council in Mayor Mamdani’s municipal government, has been ordered to be deported by Federal Immigration Court Judge Charles Conroy. Rubio is a native of Venezuela, and arrived in the United States in 2017 on a tourist visa, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security. He then stayed in the US without ever getting a permanent residence permit, and was hired by the Ne…

City Council staffer to remain behind bars: judge

NEW YORK — A Manhattan federal judge on Monday declined to release a City Council staffer detained by ICE as he awaits possible deportation. Manhattan Federal Judge John Cronan wrote in his denial that the U.S. had lawfully cancelled Rafael…

Federal judge rules against Rafael Rubio, New York City Council staffer detained in Bethpage

It's the second setback for Rafael Rubio in less than a week.

Trump-Appointed Judge Keeps City Council Staffer in ICE Detention

A Trump-appointed federal judge in New York’s Southern District denied a City Council staffer’s request for release from immigration detention Monday, ruling his pending Temporary Protected Status didn’t shield him from arrest and deportation. Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, a personnel services data analyst for the City Council, has been in ICE detention since mid-January, when ICE agents arrested him at an interview for his asylum case in a U.S…