Judge orders Trump admin to release 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, his dad
By Fox News
February 1, 2026, 3:46 AM EST
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Minneapolis, Minnesota (Fox News) — Federal judge orders release of 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father from immigration detention in Texas within three days.
Key Facts:
- U.S. District Judge Fred Biery granted an emergency request to release Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias.
- Videos of the boy being taken into custody by ICE agents in Minneapolis sparked outrage.
- Biery criticized the government’s pursuit of daily deportation quotas and invoked the Declaration of Independence in his ruling.
- The judge said Ramos and his father could still be deported under a more orderly and humane policy.
- Neighbors claimed ICE used Ramos as bait, but DHS stated the father abandoned him in a running vehicle.
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth accused ICE of needlessly detaining Ramos in Texas.
- Dr. Sean Conley stated that a pediatrician found no medical concerns with Ramos in ICE custody.
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