Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:32am on 23 Jan 2026,Friday International
A five-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, as he arrived home from preschool with his father. School officials allege ICE instructed the child to knock on the family’s door to check for other occupants—an act they describe as using the boy “as bait” during the operation. Both Liam and his father were taken to a detention facility in Texas; the family has an active asylum case and no deportation order. ICE and the Department of Homeland Security maintain the child was not their target and that an officer remained with him for safety. The incident has provoked widespread criticism and concern over the treatment of immigrant families and children. (PC: Reuters)
