ICE 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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Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and father return to Minnesota after ICE detention
A five-year-old boy whose detention in the Trump administration's aggressive immigration raids in Minneapolis shocked the world returned to Minnesota, a lawmaker said Sunday. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, were detained in a Minneapolis suburb on January 20 and held at an ICE facility in Texas before their release.
Liam Ramos, neither or five of you arrested by the ICE with his father in Minneapolis, returned after 12 days to his house after being released.
Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller attend MAGA insider’s wedding together — after pointing fingers at each other over Minneapolis ICE crackdown
Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller — President Trump's top two lieutenants on immigration policy — arrived at a major MAGA Mar-a-Lago wedding together Sunday in an apparent show of unity after spending the week blaming each other over the fallout from the ICE crackdown in Minnesota.
Ice agents detained the five-year-old and his father on January 22.
Five-year-old boy detained by ICE has returned to Minnesota
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have returned to their home in a Minneapolis suburb after being detained by US immigration officers and held at a detention facility in Texas, a lawmaker said on Sunday. A federal judge on Saturday ordered the release of Adrian Conejo Arias and his son, whom immigration officers detained during a Minnesota raid. US Representative Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat, wrote in a social media post that he…
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