The family of Liam Conejo Ramos, the preschooler whose detention sparked protests in January, has been denied asylum in the US by a federal immigration judge.
Attorney Danielle Molliver told Minnesota Public Radio that the family is appealing the ruling to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The decision is the latest step in the Trump administration’s effort to deport the five-year-old child, whose photograph in a bunny hat in Minneapolis went viral after he and his father were detained by immigration officials in January.
