Amid allegations that a former immigration consultant bungled their refugee claims, an Argentine family's scheduled deportation today has been deferred.

Housecleaners Juan and Maria Videla and their children, Emmanuel, 20, and Flavia, 11, were pulled over by Toronto police while driving home after work on New Year's Eve. They were arrested and held on immigration warrants, which unknown to them had been outstanding for nearly a year. >>>

It's Christmas and the arrivals gate at Pearson's new Terminal One was packed last night, full of the sounds of joyous reunions and seasonal good cheer. There were shouts, laughter and the squeals of children, overexcited and up way past their bedtimes. >>>

It was early for a New Year's Eve check for impaired drivers, but Juan Videla figured that's why the Toronto police cruiser had pulled him over. Darkness had just set in, and he and his wife, Maria, were heading home after cleaning a client's downtown building. Riding in the car their son, Emmanuel, 20, whom they had just picked up, and daughter, Flavia, 11, who had spent the day with her parents. >>>