A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a 5-year-old boy and his father who were detained by ICE agents in Minnesota and transferred to a facility in Texas. Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were detained by federal agents outside their Minnesota home on January 20, 2026, sparking intense national debate over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement. School officials and neighbors alleged that agents used the preschooler as “bait” by instructing him to knock on his door to lure his mother out, a claim the Department of Homeland Security vehemently denied as an “abject lie.” While the family’s lawyer stated they had an active asylum case, federal officials maintained the father was in the country illegally and was the primary target of the operation.
Date: January 31, 2026. Source: apnews.com