Federal Judge Orders Release of 5-Year-Old Detained in Minnesota ICE Raid

Release of Detained Child and Father

• 👨‍⚖️ A federal judge has ordered the release of a 5-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who were detained during an immigration raid in Minnesota.
• 📸 Liam was photographed in a now-viral image wearing a blue bunny hat outside his home, with federal agents nearby.
• 🇪🇨 The father and son are asylum applicants from Ecuador who reportedly entered the United States legally.
• 📍 They were initially sent to a family detention center in Dilly, Texas, according to their lawyer.

Broader Immigration Crackdown in Minnesota

• ⚖️ Separately, a federal judge declined to halt President Trump's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
• 🏛️ State officials had filed a lawsuit accusing federal agents of civil rights abuses, including the killing of two U.S. citizens.
• 🚫 The judge, Kate Mendez, cited an appeals court decision that blocked her earlier order to rein in agent tactics like tear gassing.
• ⚠️ Judge Mendez stated that if her previous order restricting law enforcement tactics was considered too far, the new lawsuit to halt the entire operation was "certainly beyond that."