Judge orders Trump admin to release 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, his dad

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.

    Image Captions:

  • Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos is led into a vehicle outside his home in Columbia Heights, Minn.
  • Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, the father of Liam Ramos, left, is being detained with his son in Texas after being arrested by federal immigration authorities.
  • Anti-ICE agitators gathered in Minneapolis last week.

    The original content was reported by Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and Peter Pinedo, and The Associated Press.

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