US Edition5-Year-Old Taken Into Custody by ICE Has Active Immigration Case, Preventing Deportation for Now
Liam and his father are held 1,300 miles away at a Texas detention center amid a pending immigration case, raising concerns about detaining young children, officials said.
- During a Jan. 20, 2026 operation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Liam Conejo Ramos, 5-year-old boy, and his father Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias in the Columbia Heights, Minneapolis area.
- DHS and ICE said the operation targeted Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, who fled on foot abandoning his child, while Prokosh Law LLC and family lawyers dispute the 'illegal alien' label.
- Photograph and video released by school officials show Liam Conejo Ramos in an oversized bunny hat and winter coat, escorted by masked federal agents while an officer held his Spider-Man backpack and bystanders screamed as he was led to a blacked-out vehicle.
- They were moved more than 1,300 miles to the South Texas Family Residential Center, Dilley, Texas, and Justice Department records show both have pending immigration court cases, prompting protests and fundraising efforts.
- Superintendent Zena Stenvik questioned why a five-year-old was detained and described the scene as heartbreaking, while Sergio Amezcua, pastor, said `ICE agents were trying to use the baby for her to come out of her house`.
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Fact check: Is the 5-year-old Minnesota boy detained by ICE being held in an El Paso facility?
No. Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, are not being held at an ICE detention center in El Paso, the family’s lawyer said during a news conference Jan. 22, 2026. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Online Detainee locator confirms Conejo Arias is at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. It does not list minors. The two were detained by ICE in Minnesota on Jan. 20, 2026, as they were retu…
Bovino Defends 5-Year-Old’s Detention: ICE ‘Experts’ on Kids
Greg Bovino defended ICE detaining a 5-year-old in Minneapolis, insisting agents are ‘experts in dealing with children.’ The Border Patrol chief said Liam Ramos is with his dad in a Texas detention facility and ‘it doesn’t get any better than that.”
Vance crushes false narrative about ICE 'arresting' 5-year-old boy
An image was circulated widely this week showing a visibly upset preschooler wearing an oversized hat and Spider-man backpack standing in the company of federal immigration agents. Evidently loath to investigate the circumstances surrounding the photo and what it actually depicts, Democrats and other radicals rushed to condemn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), for instance, suggested ICE had treated the b…
5-year-old taken into custody by ICE has active immigration case, preventing deportation for now
The 5-year-old immigrant boy taken into ICE custody alongside his father in Minnesota has an active immigration case and cannot be legally deported yet, records reviewed by CBS News indicate.
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