9-Year-Old Canadian Citizen and Iranian Parents Arrive in Toronto After Six Weeks in Texas Immigration Jail

One month ago, Democracy Now! first covered the case of a nine-year-old Canadian boy held in a U.S. immigration jail along with his Iranian-born parents. Kevin Yourdkhani, his father Majid and his mother Masomeh, had been on their way to seek asylum in Canada when their plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Puerto Rico. US officials took them into custody and sent them to the T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center in Taylor, Texas. Kevin was one of an estimated two hundred immigrant children being held there. He spoke to us from the jail in what was his first broadcast interview.

* Kevin, 9 year-old Canadian boy speaking from immigration jail in Taylor, Texas. [Click for full interview]

After six weeks in the Texas immigration jail, Kevin and his parents are back in Canada. They arrived in Toronto last night. Canadian immigration authorities have granted Kevin's parents temporary residency. For more we go now to Toronto where I'm joined by the family's attorney, Andrew Brouwer.

* Andrew Brouwer, attorney in Canada.

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