US EditionICE detains four children from Minnesota school district, including 5-year-old: Report
- On January 20, 2026, federal agents detained 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, transporting them to a Texas immigration detention facility.
- The detentions occurred amid Operation Metro Surge, a DHS-led enforcement effort that began in December in Minnesota, deploying about 3,000 federal agents to the Twin Cities to target immigration violations.
- School officials say masked federal agents removed the 5-year-old from the still-running family car and directed him to knock on the front door, while refusing custody to an adult resident outside the home.
- District leaders said nearly one-third of students have stayed home in recent weeks out of fear, while immigration attorney Marc Prokosch said the family has an active asylum case with no deportation order and is exploring a possible habeas corpus petition in Texas.
- DHS responded that `ICE did NOT target a child` and said one officer stayed with the boy for safety, while civil-rights advocates and local officials called for scrutiny amid protests in Minneapolis.
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Federal officers detain 5-year-old boy who a Minnesota school official says was used as 'bait'
A 5-year-old boy arriving home from preschool in Minnesota was taken by federal agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family's lawyer said, making him the fourth student from his Minneapolis suburb to be detained by immigration officers in recent weeks.
The U.S. immigration agency ICE has detained a five-year-old with his father during an operation in Minneapolis. School district and Homeland Security contradict the incident.
DHS refutes public school official’s claim that ICE agents used immigrant’s 5-year-old son as ‘bait’
A Minnesota public school says a 5-year-old boy was "taken" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday, a contention that the Department of Homeland Security refutes, saying he was abandoned by his father.
Liam Rabbit Ramos came back from school when they made him knock on the door of his house
VP Vance Blasts Narrative That ICE 'Arrested' Minnesota 5-Year-Old, Says Father Fled Scene
Vice President J.D. Vance did not hold back during a speech in Minnesota on Thursday, taking aim at reports suggesting federal immigration agents had arrested a five-year-old boy. Vance addressed the controversy directly, pushing back against a reporter’s question regarding the incident. The Vice President argued that the narrative was missing key context: specifically, that […] VP Vance Blasts Narrative That ICE ‘Arrested’ Minnesota 5-Year-Old,…
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