Members of the City Council pulled no punches on Tuesday in reacting to ICE’s detainment of a City Council staffer during what was supposed to be a routine hearing on Long Island Monday.
The staffer, 53-year-old Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, was detained by ICE during an immigration hearing in Bethpage. City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced Bohorquez’s detention at an emergency press conference Monday night; the New York Legal Assistance Group has since filed legal paperwork to keep the City Council worker detained by ICE in the state.
