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Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, the boy whose ICE detention in Minnesota sparked global outrage after he was taken away wearing a blue bunny hat and carrying his school backpack, is still living with the trauma, his parents told CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez in an exclusive interview. More than two... show more

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It’s been more than two months since 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken into ICE custody in Minnesota, wearing a blue bunny hat and his school backpack — a moment that reignited America’s polarizing debate over immigration enforcement. But his parents say their son remains deeply scarred by his experiences in ICE detention and constantly worried he’ll be detained again. Liam’s mother, Erika Ramos, told Camilo Montoya-Galvez he’s been exhibiting signs of psychological trauma, including hypervigilance and isolation. “My boy is very different,” she said. He’s more prone to acting up and behaving badly, she added. In school, Liam, once a playful and happy kid, no longer wants to go to certain classes or play with other children. “He sees police officers, and he says, ‘It’s ICE, Mommy’.”

It’s been more than two months since 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken into ICE custody in Minnesota, wearing a blue bunny hat and his school backpack — a moment that reignited America’s polarizing debate over immigration enforcement. But his parents say their son remains deeply scarred by his experiences in ICE detention and constantly worried he’ll be detained again. Liam’s mother, Erika Ramos, told Camilo Montoya-Galvez he’s been exhibiting signs of psychological trauma, including hypervigilance and isolation. “My boy is very different,” she said. He’s more prone to acting up and behaving badly, she added. In school, Liam, once a playful and happy kid, no longer wants to go to certain classes or play with other children. “He sees police officers, and he says, ‘It’s ICE, Mommy’.”

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Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos’ detention by ICE in Minnesota captured the world’s attention earlier this year. In his first interview, Liam told Camilo Montoya-Galvez his biggest fear is being detained by ICE again. While Liam and his father were ordered released from ICE custody, his parents worry about the government’s continued efforts to deport the family to their native Ecuador, as well as the mental health of their son, who’s now seeing a psychologist. The Trump administration recently terminated the family’s asylum case and is asking a federal court to allow ICE to re-detain them, saying that they’re in the U.S. illegally.

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos’ detention by ICE in Minnesota captured the world’s attention earlier this year. In his first interview, Liam told Camilo Montoya-Galvez his biggest fear is being detained by ICE again. While Liam and his father were ordered released from ICE custody, his parents worry about the government’s continued efforts to deport the family to their native Ecuador, as well as the mental health of their son, who’s now seeing a psychologist. The Trump administration recently terminated the family’s asylum case and is asking a federal court to allow ICE to re-detain them, saying that they’re in the U.S. illegally.

CBS News

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Minnesota school officials say that this boy, five-year-old Liam Ramos, was used as bait to apprehend his family and ship them to a detention facility in Texas no matter how bad you think ICE is, they're worse

Minnesota school officials say that this boy, five-year-old Liam Ramos, was used as bait to apprehend his family and ship them to a detention facility in Texas no matter how bad you think ICE is, they're worse

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5-year-old Liam Ramos is in ICE detention with his father, Ecuadorian asylum seeker Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias. The preschooler was detained outside his Minneapolis home this week, after returning from school. ICE agents, who officials said, were looking to detain Conejo Arias went to the boy’s home and brought him to the door before taking him away. Officials said the father abandoned the 5-year-old boy. An official from the boy’s school who said she saw the incident told reporters on Thursday that is not how it unfolded.

5-year-old Liam Ramos is in ICE detention with his father, Ecuadorian asylum seeker Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias. The preschooler was detained outside his Minneapolis home this week, after returning from school. ICE agents, who officials said, were looking to detain Conejo Arias went to the boy’s home and brought him to the door before taking him away. Officials said the father abandoned the 5-year-old boy. An official from the boy’s school who said she saw the incident told reporters on Thursday that is not how it unfolded.

CBS Mornings

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Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his dad have returned to Minnesota after being released by ICE. The boy and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who is originally from Ecuador, were detained in a Minneapolis suburb on Jan. 20.

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his dad have returned to Minnesota after being released by ICE. The boy and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who is originally from Ecuador, were detained in a Minneapolis suburb on Jan. 20.

Sky News

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Inside 5-year-old Liam Ramos’ classroom, his cubby and little hat — similar to the one worn the morning he was taken by ICE — remain untouched as a reminder of his presence, Lilia Luciano reports. His classmates and teacher sent a heartfelt video message, blowing kisses and telling Liam they miss him and admire his strength while he remains in detention with his father. The principal said the school is keeping his belongings in place, trusting he will return, and the community has rallied to support families, providing food and safe transportation for students whose parents are fearful of leaving home amid ongoing immigration enforcement actions.

Inside 5-year-old Liam Ramos’ classroom, his cubby and little hat — similar to the one worn the morning he was taken by ICE — remain untouched as a reminder of his presence, Lilia Luciano reports. His classmates and teacher sent a heartfelt video message, blowing kisses and telling Liam they miss him and admire his strength while he remains in detention with his father. The principal said the school is keeping his belongings in place, trusting he will return, and the community has rallied to support families, providing food and safe transportation for students whose parents are fearful of leaving home amid ongoing immigration enforcement actions.

CBS News

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Video obtained by CBS News shows the moment ICE agents took 5-year-old Liam Ramos in Minneapolis. The boy was taken with his father while in their driveway after just arriving home from his preschool classroom. School officials say the child was used as bait to knock on the door and ask to be let in, letting officers see if anyone else was home. The Department of Homeland Security later said that the child was not targeted by ICE, but was "abandoned" by his father. They say his father fled federal agents as they approached his vehicle, leaving the child. DHS said the father, whom they described as an "illegal alien from Ecuador," was later taken into custody as other ICE officers stayed with the child. Federal officials said on Thursday that the boy and his father are together at an immigration processing center in Dilley, Texas.

Video obtained by CBS News shows the moment ICE agents took 5-year-old Liam Ramos in Minneapolis. The boy was taken with his father while in their driveway after just arriving home from his preschool classroom. School officials say the child was used as bait to knock on the door and ask to be let in, letting officers see if anyone else was home. The Department of Homeland Security later said that the child was not targeted by ICE, but was "abandoned" by his father. They say his father fled federal agents as they approached his vehicle, leaving the child. DHS said the father, whom they described as an "illegal alien from Ecuador," was later taken into custody as other ICE officers stayed with the child. Federal officials said on Thursday that the boy and his father are together at an immigration processing center in Dilley, Texas.

CBS News

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Eighteen-year-old Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete told Camilo Montoya-Galvez that being away from his mother and not playing soccer were among the most difficult aspects of his two months in ICE detention. While he was released this week, just in time to attend his high school graduation, Hernandez-Navarrete’s dreams of playing professional soccer in the U.S. remain at risk due to the threat of deportation. The government says his family entered the U.S. illegally in 2022.

Eighteen-year-old Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete told Camilo Montoya-Galvez that being away from his mother and not playing soccer were among the most difficult aspects of his two months in ICE detention. While he was released this week, just in time to attend his high school graduation, Hernandez-Navarrete’s dreams of playing professional soccer in the U.S. remain at risk due to the threat of deportation. The government says his family entered the U.S. illegally in 2022.

CBS News

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🇺🇸 Protesters are clashing with state troopers outside a family detention center in Minneapolis. ICE is holding a 5-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his dad after the father left him behind trying to escape from them. The crowd’s not backing down. Troopers are shoving people back and making arrests. Source: CNN live

🇺🇸 Protesters are clashing with state troopers outside a family detention center in Minneapolis. ICE is holding a 5-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his dad after the father left him behind trying to escape from them. The crowd’s not backing down. Troopers are shoving people back and making arrests. Source: CNN live

Mario Nawfal

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"He keeps asking about his backpack and his cap." Rep. Joaquin Castro provided an update on FaceTime to Jason Kuhlman, the principal at 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos' school, and CBS News’ Lilia Luciano after visiting the little boy and his father at the detention facility they're being held at in Dilley, Texas. While Liam was sleeping during the congressman's visit, his father told him that he has been depressed and not eating, since they've been detained. The boy and his father were taken into ICE custody on Jan. 20 in the Minneapolis area, where the Trump administration has deployed thousands of federal immigration agents to oversee the largest operation in the history of the Department of Homeland Security

"He keeps asking about his backpack and his cap." Rep. Joaquin Castro provided an update on FaceTime to Jason Kuhlman, the principal at 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos' school, and CBS News’ Lilia Luciano after visiting the little boy and his father at the detention facility they're being held at in Dilley, Texas. While Liam was sleeping during the congressman's visit, his father told him that he has been depressed and not eating, since they've been detained. The boy and his father were taken into ICE custody on Jan. 20 in the Minneapolis area, where the Trump administration has deployed thousands of federal immigration agents to oversee the largest operation in the history of the Department of Homeland Security

CBS News

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Jason Kuhlman, the principal at Liam Conejo Ramos' school, became emotional after seeing a picture of his 5-year-old student being held by his father after they were both detained by federal agents in their driveway as Liam returned from preschool. “Thinking about a 5-year-old, what he’s already went through. Thinking about his mom. Seeing that he was knocking on that door and mom could not open it,” Kuhlman told CBS News’ Lilia Luciano . Kuhlman described Liam as a “normal, happy 5-year-old” with a lively personality, noting his signature rabbit hat and how "the little ears flop" as he walks through the school.

Jason Kuhlman, the principal at Liam Conejo Ramos' school, became emotional after seeing a picture of his 5-year-old student being held by his father after they were both detained by federal agents in their driveway as Liam returned from preschool. “Thinking about a 5-year-old, what he’s already went through. Thinking about his mom. Seeing that he was knocking on that door and mom could not open it,” Kuhlman told CBS News’ Lilia Luciano . Kuhlman described Liam as a “normal, happy 5-year-old” with a lively personality, noting his signature rabbit hat and how "the little ears flop" as he walks through the school.

CBS News

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Liam Ramos is in ICE custody with his dad and his health is deteriorating. Joaquin Castro says Liam is deeply depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, his classmates and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days earlier. He’s also experiencing stomach pain, vomiting, fever and a complete loss of appetite, made worse by poor-quality food in detention. Attorneys who have visited the facility say the children inside are mentally broken. HE NEEDS A DOCTOR.

Liam Ramos is in ICE custody with his dad and his health is deteriorating. Joaquin Castro says Liam is deeply depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, his classmates and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days earlier. He’s also experiencing stomach pain, vomiting, fever and a complete loss of appetite, made worse by poor-quality food in detention. Attorneys who have visited the facility say the children inside are mentally broken. HE NEEDS A DOCTOR.

Christopher Webb

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Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, asylum seekers who were detained last week in Minnesota, were ordered to be released by a federal judge in Texas on Saturday. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered Liam and his father released from the immigration detention center at Dilley "as soon as practicable" but no later than Feb. 3.

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, asylum seekers who were detained last week in Minnesota, were ordered to be released by a federal judge in Texas on Saturday. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered Liam and his father released from the immigration detention center at Dilley "as soon as practicable" but no later than Feb. 3.

ABC News

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A 5-year-old boy was taken with his father from their driveway by ICE agents in Columbia Heights, Minnesota on Tuesday. School officials say the child was used as bait to knock on the door and ask to be let in, letting officers see if anyone else was home. The Department of Homeland Security later said that the child was not targeted by ICE, but was "abandoned" by his father. It said his father fled federal agents as they approached his vehicle, leaving the child. DHS said the father, whom they described as an illegal alien from Ecuador, was later taken into custody as other ICE officers stayed with the child. An attorney for the Ramos family, Marc Prokosch, and the school district denied that Liam was abandoned by his father. Prokosch said Liam and his father entered the U.S. legally from Ecuador and Liam's father doesn't appear to have a criminal record. "How can you justify incarcerating a child because of a civil violation?" Prokosch said Thursday.

A 5-year-old boy was taken with his father from their driveway by ICE agents in Columbia Heights, Minnesota on Tuesday. School officials say the child was used as bait to knock on the door and ask to be let in, letting officers see if anyone else was home. The Department of Homeland Security later said that the child was not targeted by ICE, but was "abandoned" by his father. It said his father fled federal agents as they approached his vehicle, leaving the child. DHS said the father, whom they described as an illegal alien from Ecuador, was later taken into custody as other ICE officers stayed with the child. An attorney for the Ramos family, Marc Prokosch, and the school district denied that Liam was abandoned by his father. Prokosch said Liam and his father entered the U.S. legally from Ecuador and Liam's father doesn't appear to have a criminal record. "How can you justify incarcerating a child because of a civil violation?" Prokosch said Thursday.

CBS News

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TODAY: Protesters gathered outside the ICE detention center in rural Jena, Louisiana where Mahmoud Khalil is being held, making noise to support him while his first hearing was taking place back in NYC. Activists say he was intentionally moved far away from his lawyers and family, and that his due process is being violated. But clearly, wherever the state puts him, he will have supporters nearby.

TODAY: Protesters gathered outside the ICE detention center in rural Jena, Louisiana where Mahmoud Khalil is being held, making noise to support him while his first hearing was taking place back in NYC. Activists say he was intentionally moved far away from his lawyers and family, and that his due process is being violated. But clearly, wherever the state puts him, he will have supporters nearby.

BreakThrough News

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Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, asylum seekers who were detained last week in Minnesota, boarded a plane in Texas early on Sunday. "I'm happy to finally be going home," Conejo Arias told ABC News' John Quiñones as the pair boarded their flight back to Minneapolis. Exclusive ABC News videos show Conejo Arias carrying his son while boarding the plane home to Minneapolis. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery had ordered on Saturday that the pair be released from the immigration detention center at Dilley "as soon as practicable" but no later than Feb. 3.

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, asylum seekers who were detained last week in Minnesota, boarded a plane in Texas early on Sunday. "I'm happy to finally be going home," Conejo Arias told ABC News' John Quiñones as the pair boarded their flight back to Minneapolis. Exclusive ABC News videos show Conejo Arias carrying his son while boarding the plane home to Minneapolis. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery had ordered on Saturday that the pair be released from the immigration detention center at Dilley "as soon as practicable" but no later than Feb. 3.

ABC News

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Isidro Perez a 75 year old man was snatched up by ICE with his Chihuahua so they took it to a shelter and ties it up outside and it got away and was hit by a car! Then they didn’t give Isidro his medication in detention and he died! This is horrifying, but his dog survived.😡😡

Isidro Perez a 75 year old man was snatched up by ICE with his Chihuahua so they took it to a shelter and ties it up outside and it got away and was hit by a car! Then they didn’t give Isidro his medication in detention and he died! This is horrifying, but his dog survived.😡😡

Suzie rizzio

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🚨 Another Democrat lie exposed! “ICE detained a five-year-old kid. Can you believe it? The Democrats do. They will stop at nothing to twist a story to make ICE look bad. What really happened was the kid was in the car with his father. The father is here illegally from Ecuador. While ICE is in the process of detaining the father, Dad hops out of the car, runs away. He abandons his child. Understandably, the school wanted to intervene so that the child could stay in their custody. ICE did not do that. They took the child home, had the child knock on the door. He was met by his older brother and his mother, who are documented, for which the child was left with his mother. But of course, federal ICE agents are bad, so they accused the Ice agents of kidnapping the kid. This happened on Tuesday, just two days ago…” These people will stop at nothing.

🚨 Another Democrat lie exposed! “ICE detained a five-year-old kid. Can you believe it? The Democrats do. They will stop at nothing to twist a story to make ICE look bad. What really happened was the kid was in the car with his father. The father is here illegally from Ecuador. While ICE is in the process of detaining the father, Dad hops out of the car, runs away. He abandons his child. Understandably, the school wanted to intervene so that the child could stay in their custody. ICE did not do that. They took the child home, had the child knock on the door. He was met by his older brother and his mother, who are documented, for which the child was left with his mother. But of course, federal ICE agents are bad, so they accused the Ice agents of kidnapping the kid. This happened on Tuesday, just two days ago…” These people will stop at nothing.

Gunther Eagleman™

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12-year-old Imrain Paktiawal told CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez he still has no explanation for how his father, Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, died just one day after being taken into ICE custody in Texas. The 41-year-old Afghan immigrant was detained while preparing to take his children to school and died the next day at a Dallas hospital. His family says he was healthy and that he came to the U.S. legally under the Biden administration's Operation Allies Refuge, which welcomed tens of thousands of Afghans it evacuated from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover. ICE said Paktiawal's parole status expired on Aug. 20, 2025 and that he was detained after two arrests by local authorities on fraud and theft charges. He was not convicted.

12-year-old Imrain Paktiawal told CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez he still has no explanation for how his father, Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, died just one day after being taken into ICE custody in Texas. The 41-year-old Afghan immigrant was detained while preparing to take his children to school and died the next day at a Dallas hospital. His family says he was healthy and that he came to the U.S. legally under the Biden administration's Operation Allies Refuge, which welcomed tens of thousands of Afghans it evacuated from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover. ICE said Paktiawal's parole status expired on Aug. 20, 2025 and that he was detained after two arrests by local authorities on fraud and theft charges. He was not convicted.

CBS News

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A 6-year-old boy in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. 18 members of his family were killed in Pakistani Military’s airstrike. He is one of only five survivors. Both his parents are gone. All his siblings gone. He now sits with an uncle who also lost his wife and children in the same strike. In the video, he keeps crying: “Take me to their graves.” “I want Asadullah.” “They are all dead.” This is Pakistan’s Ramadan “gift.” The world will move on. But this child, his tribe, and Afghans will never forget until the debt is paid.

A 6-year-old boy in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. 18 members of his family were killed in Pakistani Military’s airstrike. He is one of only five survivors. Both his parents are gone. All his siblings gone. He now sits with an uncle who also lost his wife and children in the same strike. In the video, he keeps crying: “Take me to their graves.” “I want Asadullah.” “They are all dead.” This is Pakistan’s Ramadan “gift.” The world will move on. But this child, his tribe, and Afghans will never forget until the debt is paid.

Dawood Safi

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