Judge Issues Temporary Order Preventing Removal of 5-Year-Old Boy, Father Detained in Minnesota ICE Operation

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father after their detention last week in a Minnesota suburb. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery issued the order Monday, prohibiting the removal or transfer of Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias from the country while their court case continues. The pair are being held at a family detention center in Dilley, Texas, southwest of San Antonio. The arrest took place Jan. 20 outside their home in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, shortly after the boy came home from preschool. School officials issued a news release on Jan. 21 claiming that federal immigration agents apprehended the child and used him as “bait” to gain entry into the home....