US EditionDefiant Protests over US Immigration Crackdown, Child's Detention
Protests follow detention of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos amid allegations ICE used him as bait; Minnesota seeks a restraining order to halt immigration sweeps.
- On Jan 23, thousands of protesters in Minneapolis rallied against the immigration crackdown and detention of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, while local businesses closed in coordinated defiance.
- On Friday, Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were detained, fueling outrage after Zena Stenvik said Liam was used as `bait` during the raid, and following Renee Good's killing on January 7.
- On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance confirmed Liam was detained, while Gregory Bovino defended officers' treatment and Marc Prokosch said they followed asylum law.
- Minnesota state government has sought a temporary restraining order to pause the ICE operation, with a federal judge hearing on Jan 26, while protesters picketed Minneapolis St Paul airport where about 100 clergy were arrested.
- The UN human rights chief Volker Türk urged US authorities to end harmful treatment of migrants as thousands of ICE agents operate in Minneapolis, where at least four children were detained this month.
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Despite the thermometer under the -20°C, several thousand people came down on Friday into the streets of Minneapolis, the largest city in the US state of Minnesota, to protest the methods deployed by the immigration police in his hunt for illegal immigrants. ...
Several thousand demonstrators gathered on 23 January to protest against Donald Trump and the operations of the ICE immigration police. Since December, she has been conducting the largest operation of this type, according to the authorities, causing tensions with the inhabitants. The demonstrators called on the shops to close for an "economic blackout" in support of the opposition movement.
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