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5-Year-Old Detained by ICE Is Freed With His Father and Returns to Minnesota

A scathing court order criticized ICE practices, leaving their immigration status to be decided later.

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Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, who were detained with his father by immigration officers during a raid in Minnesota and then taken to a detention center in Texas, sit on the stairs back at their home after a judge ordered their release, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, U.S., in this picture obtained from social media February 1, 2026. Joaquin Castro via BlueSky/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
Heartwarming Pics Show 5-Year-Old Liam Ramos At Minnesota Home After Being Released From Detention | Image: Instagram
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Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered the pair released no later than Feb. 3 and condemned what he called the government's pursuit of daily deportation quotas.
  • After leaving the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Representative Joaquin Castro escorted the father and son on a flight back to Minneapolis, where they arrived Sunday.
  • ICE detained the two on Jan. 20 outside their Minneapolis-area home, and a photo of Liam in a blue bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack galvanized protests and congressional visits.
  • Local school officials and neighbors allege agents used the child as “bait,” a claim DHS rejects while asserting the father fled and left the boy in a running vehicle.
  • Their immigration case continues, with DHS saying the father entered illegally in 2024 and the family’s lawyers citing a pending asylum claim, as reports also spotlight concerns about conditions and length of stays at the Dilley facility.