About this episode

David Farrier meets Everlee Wihongi, a New Zealander kidnapped by ICE, to discuss her experience and the impact on her family.

In this week’s episode, David travels to Wisconsin to meet up with Everlee Wihongi, the New Zealander kidnapped by ICE at LAX, released after 73 days in prison. She and her mother Betty reflect on what it was like the day she got out, and the people she left behind.Everlee’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-free-and-get-everlee-home Join us for bonus Flightless Bird episodes on Patreon: http://patreon.com/flightlessbird Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Farrier

Guest: Everlee Wihongi

Topics covered

• immigration
• personal stories
• family
• detention
• resilience

Keywords

• ICE
• detention
• Wisconsin
• Everlee Wihongi
• family
• GoFundMe
• LAX

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GoFundMe

Places: Wisconsin, LAX

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