US EditionA federal judge has blocked the possible deportation of a 5-year-old and his father for now
A federal judge halted deportation amid ongoing litigation; the boy and father remain detained in Texas, with their legal team asserting compliance with asylum processes.
- On Monday, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery issued a temporary order blocking removal or transfer of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, outside the U.S. District of Western Texas during litigation.
- The family's attorney said they sought asylum through the CBP One app and have pending immigration proceedings, while DHS said the father fled and "abandoned" the child after their Jan. 20, 2026 arrest in Columbia Heights, Minnesota.
- School superintendent Zena Stenvik and neighbors alleged agents instructed Liam to knock on the door to prompt others to exit, a claim DHS disputes, while a viral photo of Liam in a blue bunny hat sparked protests at Dilley detention center.
- The family is being held at the South Texas Family Residential Center, Dilley, Texas, after being moved from Minnesota, and Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias has sued Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
- Advocates and immigration attorneys warn that conditions at Dilley Family Residential Center are deplorable, citing putrid water and poor meals, as more than 2,600 children are detained nationwide with Dilley’s 2,400 capacity filled.
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The image of the arrest of Liam Ramos, 5 years old, by the American immigration police (ICE) in the suburbs of Minneapolis, shocked the school authorities that these agents intervened while the father of the child was bringing him back from school and that they used him as bait to attract other family members. According to Washington, the father would be Ecuadorian and would live in the United States without a residence permit. Liam and his fath…
The case waved: After a father and his five-year-old son were taken into custody in an ICE operation in Minnesota, a federal judge responded. He stopped a possible deportation.
It's not an image. It's not a viral video. It's not a "sensitive case." Liam is proof.The proof that Donald Trump's government has crossed a moral and constitutional border: the conversion of cruelty into public policy.Liam Rabbit Ramos is a child detained by federal authorities within the United States.Not at the border.Not in transit. Inside the country. Locked up with his father in conditions that lawyers and advocates describe as inhuman eve…
The image of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos went around the world: ICE agents had appointed the little boy and his father in Minnesota to deport them. Now a court intervenes.
The case became a symbol of the indignation of Minnesota's protesters, who denounced the methods of immigration police as brutal.
Five-year-old was detained by immigration authorities in Minneapolis last week. He is now in Texas.
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