Overview
- A spokesperson for Rep. Joaquin Castro said the pair arrived back in Minnesota after being released from the Dilley, Texas, family detention center.
- U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered their provisional release as soon as possible, no later than Feb. 3, and prohibited any transfer or deportation while the order is implemented.
- Biery granted habeas relief and rebuked deportation targets, invoking the Declaration of Independence in criticizing tactics that he said traumatize children.
- Adrián Conejo Arias and his son were arrested Jan. 20 in a Minneapolis suburb and later moved more than 1,000 miles to Dilley, drawing protests after images of the child in custody spread widely.
- Neighbors and school officials allege agents used the child as bait, a claim DHS calls a 'complete lie,' and the family’s attorneys say they sought asylum through CBP One as federal agencies dispute their legal status.