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6-Year-Old Muslim Boy Denied Entry To U.S.

Tuesday, 21 August 2007

Youssaf is living with relatives in Morocco.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. - A 6-year-old Muslim boy is at the center of an international immigration fight.

Moroccan-born Mustapha Zindinne came to the United States in 2001 and became a U.S. citizen last year. His wife joined him in Woodbridge six months ago as a permanent resident. The couple expected their son would soon follow.

"I am trying to get better life for my wife and my son," Mustapha Zindinne said. "I am missing my son."

The couple told News4's Michael Flynn that bureaucratic red tape is keeping their 6-year-old son from joining them. The couple's attorney, Morris Days with the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Herndon, suspects the delay might be that the boy's name, Youssaf Zindinne, is similar to one on a U.S. security watch list.

"Because there's a name that looks similar you're not taking into consideration the age of the child," Days said. "How could he be a terrorist?"

About two weeks ago, another local couple from Morocco was reunited with their 3-year-old son at Reagan National Airport after two years. The same Islamic civil rights group worked to bring him here. They say that boy's name is similar to the name of the deceased founder of Hamas.

News4 has placed calls to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is handling the case, but has not heard back.

Youssaf is living with relatives in Morocco.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20360561/from/ET/

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Anonymous (60.51.16.xxx) 2007-11-25 22:03:58

now i know tht america's government has real foolish people, n how much they are afraid of muslims, that boy is a little innocent boy, even a small child will know that he cant be a terrorist, but they look at his name, not at his age. they r so afraid of a little boy.