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Father detained by ICE with five-year-old tells US congressman his son has been ‘depressed’

Representative Joaquin Castro visited Adrian Conejo Arias and his son Liam at an ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas

The Guardian - US

5-year-old arrested by ICE 'depressed and sad' in detention facility

A US Democratic Congressman, Joaquin Castro, shared about his meeting with Liam Conejo Ramos, the five-year-old detained by federal immigration authorities. He said that the kid is showing signs of depression after being held for days in a Texas detention facility.

The Times of India

Lawmakers, protesters demand release of 5-year-old held at Texas immigration detention center

State troopers deployed pepper spray at protesters at the family detention center near Dilley where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian’s detention has drawn nationwide attention.

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Police deploy chemical irritants at protesters gathered outside Texas detention center, in photos

Texas state police deployed pepper balls to disperse protesters outside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, are being held. Demonstrators against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown rallied outside the facility, banging drums, chanting and…

The Independent UK

There are long-lasting, negative effects for children like Liam Ramos who are detained, or watch their parents be deported

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old boy who is an asylum seeker, in Minneapolis on Jan. 20, 2026, the photos quickly became a flash point in the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement activity.

The Conversation

Judge issues temporary order barring removal of boy, 5, and father who were detained in Minnesota

A federal judge has issued a temporary order barring the removal of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father whose arrest last week in Minnesota became another lightning rod for divisions on immigration under the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Federal judge stops deportation of 5-year-old boy and father whose arrest angered the nation

Preschooler Liam Conejo Ramos was taken into federal custody from family’s driveway

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'Freedom for the kids': Anti-ICE protests shake Minneapolis after 5-year-old detained - watch

Dozens of immigrant families gathered Saturday behind chain-link fences at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, chanting “¡Libertad!” as children held handmade signs reading “Libertad para los niños,” or “Freedom for the kids.”

The Times of India

Thousands rally and hundreds of businesses close in protest against ICE presence in Minnesota

Thousands of people protested against US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis on Friday, after a five-year-old boy and his father were detained by ICE agents.

Euronews

What Trump officials have to say about ICE detaining a 5-year-old boy

Agents are accused of using a 5-year-old boy as "bait" to arrest his father

The Independent UK

Why the Trump administration is detaining immigrant children – and what happens to them next

The detention of Liam Conejo Ramos, age five, marks the turbocharging of a policy discontinued five years ago

The Guardian - US

ICE detains 2-year-old and her father in Minneapolis after outrage over 5-year-old’s arrest

At least five Minneapolis-area children swept up in Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign in recent days

The Independent UK

ICE sinks to new low – uses 5yo child as bait to catch his family

Liam Conejo Ramos was just coming back from school when he and his father were ambushed by ICE thugs.

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The Latest: Jack Smith testifies in public about his Trump investigations

Republican lawmakers are grilling former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith at an open hearing, focusing fresh attention on two criminal investigations that shadowed Donald Trump during his 2024 presidential campaign

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Federal officers detain a 5-year-old boy who school official says was used as 'bait'

Federal agents have detained a 5-year-old boy and his father in Minnesota, taking them to a detention facility in Texas

International Business Times UK

ICE Forced a 5-Year-Old as Bait to Lure Father Out, Then Arrested Both in Minnesota Raid

In a deeply controversial enforcement action in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement allegedly used a five-year-old child to lure his father from their home before detaining them both.

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