"Conejo Ramos's case has drawn nationwide attention since his initial detention on January 20. Photos went viral of Conejo Ramos standing in the snow, dressed in floppy blue bunny ears, with an immigration agent grabbing onto his Spiderman backpack. Officials in Minnesota's Columbia Heights Public School District accused immigration officials of using the preschool student as bait for his father. DHS, meanwhile, has claimed that his father abandoned the child when approached by immigration authorities."
"Since December, the administration of President Donald Trump has led an immigration crackdown in Minnesota known as Operation Metro Surge. As many as 3,000 agents were deployed to the state at the operation's height. But bystander videos and photos have raised questions about the heavy-handed tactics being used, particularly in the Minneapolis-St Paul metropolitan area. There, two US citizens were shot dead by immigration agents in the last month alone: Renee Nicole Good on January 7 and Alex Pretti on January 24."
"The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has revealed it will continue to seek the deportation of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Conejo Arias, after their recent return to Minnesota. The department, however, denied it is seeking their expedited removal, as the family's lawyer claimed. These are regular removal proceedings, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said on Friday. This is standard procedure, and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation's immigration laws."
DHS announced it will continue to seek deportation of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Conejo Arias following their return to Minnesota. The department denied pursuing expedited removal and called the proceedings regular. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin described the steps as standard procedure and asserted there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing immigration laws. The child's detention on January 20 drew nationwide attention after photos showed him in the snow wearing floppy blue bunny ears while an immigration agent grabbed his Spiderman backpack. Minnesota school officials accused immigration authorities of using the preschooler as bait, while DHS said the father abandoned the child. Operation Metro Surge deployed up to 3,000 agents to Minnesota.
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