- A 5-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in January while returning from preschool.
- After nearly two weeks in a Texas detention center, they were released and returned home to Minneapolis following a federal judge’s order.
- Liam's parents report he is traumatized by the experience, constantly worrying about being detained again, and now regularly sees a psychologist.
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims the father fled during his arrest and is an "illegal alien" from Ecuador, but the father denies abandoning his son, and the family states they are seeking asylum.
- An immigration judge terminated the family's asylum claim, which their lawyer has appealed, amidst a period of increased immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
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