Abducted 5-Year-Old in Texas ICE Jail Now Sick Amid "Abysmal" Conditions
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Abducted 5-Year-Old in Texas ICE Jail Now Sick Amid "Abysmal" Conditions
"Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, are being held at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. This is despite Arias entering the country legally and having no criminal record, according to [the family's lawyer]. Late Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked federal immigration officials from deporting Ramos and Arias, for now."
"He's been ill. I've been told he has a fever. So I'm very, very concerned about his well-being in that facility."
"Liam is getting sick because the food they receive is not of good quality. He has stomach pain, he's vomiting, he has a fever, and he no longer wants to eat."
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, are being held at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Arias entered the country legally and has no criminal record. Authorities arrested the pair in Minneapolis after Arias picked Liam up from preschool. Family members describe the facility conditions as absolutely abysmal and say the food quality is poor. Liam has stomach pain, vomiting, a fever, and refuses to eat. A federal judge temporarily blocked their deportation. School officials and family expressed deep concern about Liam’s immediate health and well-being while detained.
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