'Chilling': Internet erupts over Border Patrol comments on detaining a 5-year-old boy
The internet had scathing reactions Friday to Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino's comments about a 5-year-old in Minnesota who was taken into ICE custody after agents targeted his father.
Bovino was speaking at a press conference in Minneapolis and confirmed that Liam Conejo Ramos was in his family's driveway when he returned home from school with his father and that both of them were taken away in a vehicle and sent to an ICE facility in Texas. Bovino attempted to argue that ICE has treated children well following public scrutiny over the agency's actions.
"The child is in the least restrictive setting with a family member. I don't think it gets any better than that," Bovino said....
Jan 23, 2026