"Attorneys for the Trump administration are aiming to deport Liam Conejo Ramos, the five-year-old boy whose photograph wearing a bunny hat in snowy Minneapolis circulated globally after his detention last month by federal officials during the aggressive anti-immigration crackdown there. The child, Liam returned home to Minnesota earlier this week after being taken into custody alongside his father last month and transferred to a notorious family detention facility in Texas."
"The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Friday it is seeking a deportation order for the Ecuadorian boy. But the department has denied that it is seeking to expedite his and his father's removal from the US after a lawyer for the family characterized the government's action as such to the New York Times. The lawyer, Danielle Molliver, described the move to the newspaper as extraordinary and possibly retaliatory."
Attorneys for the Trump administration are seeking to deport five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whose photograph in a bunny hat after detention in Minneapolis circulated widely. Liam and his father were taken into custody last month and transferred to a family detention facility in Texas before the child returned to Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security said it is seeking a deportation order but denied that the family faces expedited removal or retaliation. Liam and his father entered the US legally as asylum applicants and were ordered released on 31 January while the government seeks to end their asylum claims. Representatives Ilhan Omar and Joaquin Castro have advocated for the family.
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