U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, speaks to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 15, 2024. (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)At several points in this recent New York Times profile of Katie Britt, I had to stop my eyebrows from hitting the ceiling. The piece traces the rise and fall of Britt’s interest in Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old Minneapolis child apprehended by ICE agents in January. As a reminder, the agents locke…