ICE Detention Center Visit

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, David and Rob head to the Adelanto ICE Detention Centre in which is imprisoning New Zealand woman Everlee Wihongi, who holds a valid green card. Rob goes inside and spends an hour with Everlee, discussing what conditions are like, and why the New Zealand government refuses to offer any help. Meanwhile, David calls Everlee’s mother Betty at her home in Wisconsin, to talk about what it’s like to have a family member kidnapped by ICE.Email us your feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.comEverlee’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-free-and-get-everlee-home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	David.
0:06.6	Hi, Rosabel. What a delight to be talking to you.
0:10.3	It's been so long since we've had a conversation.
0:12.8	Give me one fact about New Zealand today.
0:16.5	Well, thankfully, after like a really cold spell, lots of flooding.
0:21.0	It's a really lovely summer, well, summery day.
0:24.5	That's the main batch defining my day.
0:27.9	That's so nice.
0:29.1	It's like after Noah got off the ark, after all the storm and God or Jesus put a big rainbow in the sky. It's a bit like that, isn't it?
0:37.6	That's exactly what came to mind for me as well, Noah.
0:43.9	And it was the music awards last night, the tapes.
0:46.7	Oh, the big night, the Grammys of the New Zealand music scene.
0:50.6	Who was the big winner?
0:52.6	Not to demean it.
0:53.4	I mean, it is an amazing night. Who was the big winner, Rosab big winner? Not to demean it. I mean, it is an amazing night.
0:55.1	Who was the big winner, Rosabelle? Can you tell us? Malin Williams won the big main award. Oh, talented, hot. He's got it all, doesn't he, Marlon? He does have it all. And now he's got a big wind under his belt. He's unstoppable. I don't know why I'm in this mood today. It's, um,
1:12.7	we're doing, we're doing,
1:13.3	we're doing quite a bleak episode today. It's about Everley, the New Zealander in Ice Detention,
1:18.4	me and Rob go to visit her. Um, I'm just wondering on the ground. I know you're not across
1:23.9	every element of the news, but what's the feeling in New Zealand about her?
1:28.1	Is it talked about or is it kind of this distant thing? Does no one care?
1:31.5	I think people definitely are aware of it as being covered in New Zealand media as well,
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