Everlee Wihongi faces six more weeks in US immigration detention

6 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Apr 30

The 37-year-old New Zealander, detained in Los Angeles on 10 April, has a 10 June recall date after authorities cited an undeclared decade-old marijuana possession conviction.
Her family says she is held with 46 people for 22 hours a day and has urged Wellington and Foreign Minister Winston Peters to help secure her release.
Peters said officials had worked on the case from day one but could not override US immigration processes. Wihongi's case follows other recent detentions of foreign travellers at the US border.

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