in fact, trevor pardee never saw more than london's heathrow airport after being detained by immigration officials. his family calls the whole thing a nightmare. cornell bernard is at san jose international airport with a story you will see only on abc7 news. >> 23-year-old refer parde -- trevor pardee was reunited with his mom after a trip that was supposed to be fun and exciting. >> instead i am treated like a horrible prisoner over a a simple clerical error. >> he went for a two-week nonpaid internship. custom agents demanded a work visa which trevor never had. he was detained for nine hours, questioned and fingerprinted and then moved to a hotel overnight where he was guarded by agents. >> the next day trevor was told he was being sent back to the u.s. >> i don't know what is going on. i am just a regular person trying to start a career. >> trevor's mom was panicked. >> we couldn't call him. they took his cell phone. >> the company where trevor was going to intern tried to help, even getting a lawyer and going before a judge. >> they were told the job market is tough and they were to

in fact, trevor pardee never saw more than london's heathrow airport after being detained by immigrationfficials. his family calls the whole thing a nightmare. cornell bernard is at san jose international airport with a story you will see only on abc7 news. >> 23-year-old refer parde -- trevor pardee was reunited with his mom after a trip that was supposed to be fun and exciting. >> instead i am treated like a horrible prisoner a over a a simple clerical error. >> he went for a two-week nonpaid internship. custom agents demanded a work visa which trevor never had. he was detained for nine hours, questioned and fingerprinted and then moved to a hotel overnight where he was guarded by agents. >> the next day trevor was told he was being sent back to the u.s. >> i don't know what is going on. i am just a regular person trying to start a career. >> trevor's mom was panicked. >> we couldn't call him. they took his cell phone. >> the company where trevor was going to intern tried to help, even getting a lawyer and going before a judge. >> they were told the job market is tough and they were to

in fact, trevor pardee never saw more than london's heathrow airport after being detained by immigrationofficials. his family calls the whole thing a nightmare. cornell bernard is at san jose international airport with a story you will see only on abc7 news. >> 23-year-old refer parde -- trevor pardee was reunited with his mom after a trip that was supposed to be fun and exciting. >> instead i am treated like a horrible prisoner over a a simple clerical error. >> he went for a two-week nonpaid internship. custom agents demanded a work visa which trevor never had. he was detained for nine hours, questioned and fingerprinted and then moved to a hotel overnight where he was guarded by agents. >> the next day trevor was told he was being sent back to the u.s. >> i don't know what is going on. i am just a regular person trying to start a career. >> trevor's mom was panicked. >> we couldn't call him. they took his cell phone. >> the company where trevor was going to intern tried to help, even getting a lawyer and going before a judge. >> they were told the job market is tough and they were tol