ICE releases 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos from custody, lawyer says

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his begetter person been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, pursuing a tribunal bid mandating their release, a lawyer acquainted with their lawsuit told CBS News connected Sunday.

U.S. District Judge Fred Biery connected Saturday directed authorities officials to merchandise Adrian Alexander Conejo Ramos and his son, who were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this period successful Minnesota, from detention "as soon arsenic practicable." 

Since their detention, Liam and his begetter were held astatine the Dilley ICE detention center, a installation successful Texas designed to location migrant families with underage children who person been accused of violating national migration law.

Representatives for Liam and his begetter said the household is from Ecuador and that they entered the U.S. successful 2024 nether a now-defunct Biden-era strategy that allowed asylum-seekers to usage a telephone app to docket an assignment to beryllium processed astatine an authoritative borderline entry.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has said that it has nary grounds of the household utilizing that app, formerly known arsenic CBP One. The bureau has called Liam's begetter an "illegal alien" and accused him of trying to fly ICE officers erstwhile they sought to apprehension him connected Jan. 20 and abandoning Liam successful a vehicle.

DHS officials person besides alleged that ICE officers tried to get Liam's parent to instrumentality him in, but that she refused to bash so. Individuals who person spoken with the household person disputed that claim, saying Liam's parent did not unfastened the doorway retired of concerns she would besides beryllium arrested by ICE.

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