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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sam Levin

US federal judge blocks deportation of five-year-old boy and his father

a young boy in a backpack
An ICE agent holds onto the backpack of five-year-old Liam Ramos as he is detained on 20 January in Minneapolis. Photograph: Columbia Heights Public Schools/AFP/Getty Images

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a five-year-old Minnesota boy and his father cannot be immediately deported, one week after their arrest sparked international outrage.

A Texas-based judge issued an order saying Liam Ramos, the preschooler, and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, cannot be removed or transferred out of the judicial district where they are being held while the litigation challenging their detention proceeds.

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