David Farrier

I had a conviction.

That doesn't mean you should lock Everly up for 33 days.

But just as like, I get obsessed with sort of technicalities.

So I reached out to an immigration attorney about this and I said,

We've got our minister of foreign affairs saying Eveleigh didn't declare when she entered America.

And I said, how could she declare?

And so this is what the immigration attorney told me.

There isn't a way or a requirement for her to have declared her drug conviction.

And to be honest, she would have been detained anyway, even if she did march up to the CBP officer and declare it, which doesn't make any kind of sense.

No idea when she last renewed her green card, but green cards generally are valid for 10 years at a time.

However, when you fill out an I-90 form, which is the form to replace or renew a green card, if you take a look at it, there's nowhere on the form that you have to disclose arrests, convictions, charges, or anything.

Everly should hopefully be released on bond by the next time we hear about her case.

So there is no form when you're applying for your green card.

There is no form when you arrive in the United States when you're on a green card.

She went on to say, in regards to Bond, that's currently being denied in 95% of cases.

I have a few clients in Adelanto right now as well.

They're just doing everything possible to make people just decide to go back to their home country instead of being detained indefinitely.

But for many people who are detained, this is their home and they're not criminals.

That's just the messaging they want Americans to believe to be able to sleep at night about these detention centers.

So in summary, Winston Peters and the New Zealand government, you are no words.