ICE agents stand next to a boy, who a witness identified as Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old that school officials said was detained in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 20, 2026. Rachel James/via REUTERS
A judge has ordered freedom for the immigration witness identified as Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old that school officials said was detained in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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.
Now, a judge has ordered the administration to free the boy, according to Politico's Kyle Cheney.
"!! Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos — who became a symbol of ICE's aggression in MN," Cheney wrote.
The court order says, "The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas...even if it requires traumatizing children."
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