Meriden Student Returns Home After Being Detained by ICE

Teenager detained by ICE for 6 months speaks out: "We're all human"

Kevin Moreno returned to Meriden, Connecticut, on Christmas Eve after six months in ICE custody in Texas.

CT teen released by ICE helped by new pro bono attorney coalition

Advocates, attorneys, politicians and members of Meriden’s community gathered on Wednesday to celebrate the return of Kevin, a 16-year-old immigrant who had been detained in a federal detention facility for six months in Texas before his recent release.  An attorney who worked on Kevin’s case said he saw the case as the first success in a much larger effort to provide legal representation to immigrants who are at risk of deportation by the feder…

CT Town Celebrates Return Of High School Student Taken By ICE In June

The town of Meriden celebrated the return of Kevin, 16 (he turns 17 on Christmas Day) from a detention center in Texas after six months of detainment with a homecoming event at the public library.

Meriden student returns home from ICE detention facility

After more than six months in detention facilities across the country, Kevin is finally home. Kevin was on track for early graduation when he was detained by ICE during what should have been a routine check-in in Hartford.

Meriden high school student returns home after 6 months in ICE detention in Texas

Sixteen-year-old Maloney High School honor student Kevin Moreno is home for the holidays after six months in ICE detention. His father remains in custody, however.

Meriden teen is back home for Christmas, after six months in detention at an ICE facility

The Meriden community welcomes home a teen who was detained for six months at a federal ICE facility.