Legal expert raises alarm at threat to life of 5-year-old snatched by ICE: 'Terrifying'
January 23, 2026
The use of a 5-year-old Minneapolis child who was grabbed off the street and used as bait to arrest his immigrant father by an ICE agent has set off a wave of outrage comparable to the shooting of 37-year-old mom Renee Good, which prompted a Hofstra law professor to warn the child's health and life are both at risk.
Appearing on MS NOW, legal expert James Sample grew emotional after host Chris Jansing put the photo of Liam Conejo Ramos up on the screen, wearing his blue bunny hat, and proceeded to rip into the Department of Homeland Security with a highly charged attack.
After it was pointed out that witnesses have blown apart ICE excuses for grabbing the child, who has already been moved to Texas, off the street, Sample told the host, “But let's focus not on narrative but on objective facts."
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“One objective fact right now is that Liam is in Texas; he's been transported from Minnesota to Texas. And you remember back in the Trump administration, 1.0, as far back as 2019, the Department of Justice lawyer Sarah Fabian made a lot of headlines by arguing in court that children detained in immigration detention facilities don't really need things like toothpaste and blankets.”
“The scenario here is, I mean, not only is Liam not the ‘worst of the worst,’ but think about and let's be clear, ICE has, in addition to unsanitary, unhygienic conditions for children, ICE has lost thousands of children over the last decade.”
“The inspector general report on the lost children of ICE is one of the most harrowing documents you will ever even cursorily review. It is terrifying,” he exclaimed.
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