The mother of a woman detained in the United States by its Immigration and Customs Enforcement says New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister is wrong about her daughter's situation. Winston Peters says Everlee Wihongi has been detained because she failed to declare a historic conviction for cannabis possession when re-entering the US. Everlee Wihongi has lived with her family in the US for decades and holds a green card, but was detained earlier this month when returning from a holiday in New Zealand. Court documents show Everlee Wihongi was found guilty of possession of THC in Wisconsin in 2014. But her mother, Betty Wihongi, said Everlee had travelled in and out of the country several times on her green card without ever being asked to declare her convictions. "I'm just assuming that he's saying that she had to declare it on entry into the US. As a green card holder there's none of that. You would just go in.…