"A federal judge has issued an order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old Minneapolis resident and Ecuadorian immigrant, and his father, who are both being detained in a Texas prison by immigration authorities. Liam and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents earlier this month, after Liam had come home from preschool."
"In addition to detaining Liam, ICE agents reportedly attempted to use the boy as "bait" in order to lure out more family members from his home, before neighbors intervened. ICE then took Liam and his father into custody, despite people inside his home begging agents to leave the child with the rest of his family."
"The abduction went viral online, as images of Liam - looking scared and confused, wearing a winter jacket, a blue hat with bunny ears, and a Spider-Man backpack - showed him being detained by federal authorities. Both father and son are currently being imprisoned in Texas along with other immigrant families abducted by the administration, living in conditions that critics have described in horrific terms."
A federal judge ordered a block on deporting 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, who are detained in a Texas immigration prison. ICE agents arrested them after Liam returned from preschool and reportedly attempted to use the child as bait to draw out other family members, prompting neighbors to intervene. People inside the home pleaded for agents to leave the child with relatives, but ICE took both into custody. Images of the frightened boy circulated widely. Both remain imprisoned in Texas alongside other immigrant families in conditions critics describe as horrific.
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