[New Zealand citizen and US green card holder] Everlee Wihongi has been freed from ICE detention (opens in new tab)

cross-posted from: [ > > New Zealander Everlee Wihongi has been released after two months in ICE detention, but has been left without her passport, Green Card or drivers’ licence, her mother says. > > > > The 37-year-old Ngāpuhi woman was detained by ICE while attempting to return to the US on a Green Card - or Permanent Resident Card - after a three-week holiday in New Zealand in early April, because of a 2016 cannabis conviction. > > > > Everlee’s mother Betty Wihongi and sister-in-law Cour...