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Immigration Judge Orders Deportation of NYC Council Data Analyst Rafael Rubio
The deportation order follows a missing signature on asylum paperwork; New York City Council Speaker vows to appeal by April 17 to secure Rubio's release.
- At a March 18 hearing, immigration judge Charles R. Conroy ordered Rafael Rubio, a City Council data analyst, deported after his Jan. 12 arrest at an asylum appointment in Bethpage.
- Disputes over Temporary Protected Status prompted Conroy to question Rubio's claim of protected status at a Feb. 26, 2026 hearing after DHS terminated TPS for Venezuelans last October.
- On Wednesday, Menin said, 'Today, in immigration court, Judge Conroy deemed Rafael's asylum application, quote unquote, 'abandoned' based on a technical issue related to a missing signature' and that 'the judge refused to allow the issue to be corrected.'
- Rubio remains in ICE custody after being denied bond and is held at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn while a habeas corpus proceeding in Manhattan federal court proceeds.
- According to the Department of Homeland Security, Rafael Rubio overstayed a 2017 tourist visa, was arrested for assault, and lacks work authorization, while City Council officials and allies say he was authorized and are engaging Congress and New York officials to fight the order.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lashed out at what he called an “affront to justice” after an immigration judge ordered the deportation of a former City Council employee who was detained earlier this year. In January, 53-year-old Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez – a Venezuelan national – checked in for a “routine immigration appointment” in Nassau County and was taken into custody when the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified him as …
NYC Council Employee Ordered Deported After ICE Detention
NEW YORK — A New York City Council staffer detained by federal immigration authorities earlier this year has been ordered deported, a city official said Wednesday. City Council Speaker Julie Menin said an immigration judge ruled that Rafael Rubio Bohorquez must leave the United States. She said the city will appeal the decision and continue […]
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