"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who were detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held at an ICE facility in Texas, have been released following a judge's order. They have returned to Minnesota, according to Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro. Katherine Schneider, a spokesperson for the Democratic congressman, confirmed the two had arrived home. She said Castro picked them up from Dilley on Saturday night and escorted them home on Sunday to Minnesota."
"U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not target or arrest Liam Conejo Ramos, and that his mother refused to take him after his father's apprehension. "The Trump administration is committed to restoring the rule of law and common sense to our immigration system, and will continue to fight for the arrest, detention, and removal of aliens who have no right to be in this country," McLaughlin said."
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, were detained in a Minneapolis suburb on Jan. 20 and taken to an ICE facility in Dilley, Texas. A judge ordered their release and they returned to Minnesota after Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro picked them up and escorted them home. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said ICE did not target or arrest the child and that the child's mother refused to take him after the father's apprehension. The government said the father entered the U.S. illegally from Ecuador in December 2024, while the family's lawyer said he has a pending asylum claim. The Executive Office for Immigration Review's docket shows no future hearings for the father. The vast majority of asylum-seekers in the United States are released while their cases proceed through a backlogged court system.
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