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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US ICE Agents Detains Four Minnesota Children Including a Five-Year-Old, Says School Officials
Liam and his father were legally in the U.S. as asylum applicants and were transferred to a facility in Texas. Witnesses noted that ICE tried to use Liam to lure his mother out, which raised serious concerns.
ICE Was Accused of Arresting a 5-Year-Old, Here’s What Really Happened:
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Vice President J.D. Vance defended immigration enforcement agents after reports surfaced about a five-year-old boy being taken into federal custody with his illegal alien father.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Vice President Vance, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father.WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in Columbia Heights, with Vance addressing it publicly…
ICE officers detain boy, 5, as he arrives home from preschool in Minnesota
School officials and the family's lawyer say the boy and his father were taken to a detention facility in Texas, making the boy the fourth student from Minneapolis to be detained by immigration officers in recent weeks.
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One News PageFederal 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.
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