US EditionICE releases 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father from custody, lawyer says
- Returning to Minnesota, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said he picked up Liam Conejo Ramos and his father from Dilley and flew home with them on Feb. 1.
- Family attorneys counter that they entered at the Brownsville, Texas port of entry in 2024 and used the CBP One app to seek asylum, contradicting DHS claims they fled.
- Neighbors and school officials say the viral photo shows the boy in a blue bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack, with video showing agents removing him from a preschool driveway, sparking outrage.
- U.S. District Judge Fred Biery wrote that the court order found the confinement unlawful, barred removals during the release, and cited the viral photograph and constitutional concerns.
- The case has intensified scrutiny of Operation Metro Surge, which reported over 3,000 arrests and sparked protests at Dilley detention center protests.
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5-year-old boy detained by ICE has returned to Minnesota, lawmaker says
WASHINGTON — Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have returned to their home in a Minneapolis suburb after being detained by U.S. immigration officers and held at a detention facility in Texas, a lawmaker said on Sunday, Feb. 1. A federal judge on Saturday ordered the release of Adrian Conejo Arias and his son, whom immigration officers detained during a raid in Minnesota. U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat, wrote in a social …
A five-year-old boy detained in Minnesota by the controversial U.S. immigration agency ICE and his father are free again. The case caused indignation."Liam is now home. With his cap and backpack," said Congressman Joaquin Castro on Sunday, who accompanied the child and his father, who was also released. He published photos of the child in the online service X. Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Conejo Arias had been arrested d…
Child arrested in Trump raids is back home
WASHINGTON, United States — A five-year-old boy whose detention in the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids in Minneapolis shocked the world is now back home, a lawmaker said Sunday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who are asylum seekers from Ecuador, on January 20 as the boy arrived home from preschool. Images of the boy with a blue bunny hat and backpack …
Judge orders release of 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minneapolis
A federal judge has ordered 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, to be released from federal immigration custody after the pair were detained in their driveway in Minnesota last week, sparking outrage nationwide and protests…
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