Overview
- Kevin, 16, returned to Meriden on Christmas Eve after six months in federal custody in Texas.
- His attorneys filed a Dec. 16 petition in Texas that required the government to justify his detention, after which officials moved to release him.
- He had been taken into custody in June during a routine, non-criminal check-in in Hartford days before his high school graduation, prompting community demonstrations.
- Kevin remains separated from his father, who was deported to Ecuador, and he is now under his aunt’s legal guardianship.
- His immigration case continues as he seeks Special Immigrant Juvenile status that could provide a path to permanent residency.