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Judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father from ICE detention center

Judge Fred Biery cited trauma to the child and criticized government deportation quotas in ordering release of father and son from ICE detention by Feb. 3.

  • A judge ordered the U.S. to release 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father from a Texas detention center after they were detained in Minneapolis last month.
  • U.S. District Judge Fred Biery stated, "the case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas."
  • Neighbors reported that federal immigration officers in Minnesota used Liam as "bait" to capture his mother.
  • Since reopening last year, detained families have reported poor conditions at the detention center, including worms in food and inadequate medical care.
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A federal judge on Saturday ordered the release of Adrian Conejo Arias and his 5-year-old son, Liam Conejo Ramos, who were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a raid in Minnesota. The boy — seen in a viral photo wearing a blue bunny hat outside his home as federal agents stood by him — is one of four students arrested by ICE agents in a Minneapolis suburb earlier this month, according to the Columbia Heights Publi…

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The Daily Star broke the news in on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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