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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Judge orders US to release 5-year-old and dad taken into custody in Minnesota crackdown

Immigration Enforcement Boy Detained - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A judge on Saturday ordered the U.S. to release a 5-year-old boy and his father from a Texas detention center where they were taken after being detained in a Minneapolis suburb last month.

Images of Liam Conejo Ramos, with a bunny hat and Spiderman backpack being surrounded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers, sparked even more outcry about President Donald Trump’s administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. It also led to a protest at the family detention center and a visit by two Texas Democratic members of Congress.

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