"January 27 marks one week since Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old Ecuadorian boy, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis while returning from school with his father. Images of the child, wearing his blue hat and carrying a Spider-Man backpack, guarded by federal agents, instantly became a symbol of the indiscriminate nature of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in the United States, and reopened the debate about the treatment of children in migrant detention centers."
"According to limited data compiled by the Deportation Data Project, ICE took 3,800 children into immigration detention with their parents between January and October 2025, including children as young as one or two years old. The data shows that more than 2,600 of these children, like Liam Conejo, were detained within the country a significant policy shift, as previously children were only detained at the border."
Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old Ecuadorian boy, was detained by ICE in Minneapolis while returning from school with his father. Photographs of the child under federal guard became a potent symbol of immigration enforcement practices and renewed focus on the treatment of migrant children. Between January and October 2025, ICE detained 3,800 children with their parents, including infants and toddlers, and held over 2,600 children inland rather than only at the border. More than 2,500 unaccompanied minors are under Office of Refugee Resettlement care. The Flores Agreement requires release within 20 days, but many minors have been held longer.
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