ICE Arrests N.Y.C. City Council Employee at Routine Appointment
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A Venezuelan employee of the New York City Council was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a routine immigration appointment on Long Island, according to Council speaker Julie Menin.
- The detained employee, a data analyst who had worked for the Council for about a year, is the first Council staff member to be arrested by Trump administration immigration officials.
- ICE and Council officials provided conflicting details about the employee’s immigration status and criminal history, with ICE identifying him as Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, who entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2017 that had expired.
- ICE spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin stated that Rubio Bohorquez had an arrest for assault and no legal right to
