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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1555/
- Published: 2026-08-12T18:30:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-12T18:30:14.000Z
- Description: Wihongi, who has lived in the US for decades and holds a green card, was detained by ICE in early April after coming back from New Zealand. She was held for more than 70 days because of a 2016 cannabis conviction that was later thrown out by the courts.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> What gives you hope when you're being held in a US immigration detention facility?  
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> For New Zealand citizen Everlee Wihongi, it was the support of her family and loved ones, but she says hope can be a bad thing in a place like that.  
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> “Lots of times it was bad to have hope that things would go well,” she said.  
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> “It was like I can’t look too far into the future because I don’t know how long I’ll be here.”  
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> Wihongi, who has lived in the US for decades and holds a green card, was detained by ICE in early April after coming back from New Zealand.  
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> She was held for more than 70 days because of a 2016 cannabis conviction that was later thrown out by the courts.  
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> Now, she’s back home in Wisconsin with her family.  
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> Speaking to RNZ, Wihongi said her time in detainment was one of the most miserable experiences of her entire existence.  
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> Officials at the facility would refer to her as a bunk-bed number, rather than by her name, she said.  
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> She wasn’t Everlee Wihongi, she was ‘Six Up’.  
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> “It was dehumanising conditions,” Wihongi said.  
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> RNZ

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