An Iranian couple and their nine-year-old Canadian son who have been held in a Texas detention centre have been given temporary residency permits to enter Canada.
A spokesman for Immigration and Citizenship Minister Diane Finley said Monday the minister granted the permit because it was in the best interest of the boy.
Kevin and his family were the focus of this action alert on my blog and so many others. I think we can now breath a sigh of relief for the fact that they'll be getting out of that horrendous T. Hutto facility sometime soon. I'd bet the publication of this letter in the Globe & Mail had a lot to do with more pressure being brought to bear on foreign affairs minister Peter Mackay to act as quickly as possible. There's no way it couldn't have had an impact on the hearts of Canadians.
The most important thing is that they will now be able to have their cases heard in Canada while living in decent conditions - unlike the prison-like atmosphere they have had to endure in Texas.
Huge kudos to Annamarie at Verbena-19 for staying on top of every development in this case and keeping me informed. She really is the very definition of activism in action.
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