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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...

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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.
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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.

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.
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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.

CBS News

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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.
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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.

Sky News

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Tear gas was used to disperse protesters who were calling for the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos from a detention facility in Dilley, Texas, The Party for Socialism and Liberation said. Protesters and congressional leaders gathered outside the facility on Wednesday, calling for improved conditions at the center and for the release of Ramos, who was detained by ICE agents alongside his father in Minneapolis on January 20.
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Tear gas was used to disperse protesters who were calling for the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos from a detention facility in Dilley, Texas, The Party for Socialism and Liberation said. Protesters and congressional leaders gathered outside the facility on Wednesday, calling for improved conditions at the center and for the release of Ramos, who was detained by ICE agents alongside his father in Minneapolis on January 20.

CBS News

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Children being held at an ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, are “despondent and depressed,” Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said after a visit there this week. Among the children he visited was Liam Ramos, a 5-year-old who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while returning to his Minneapolis-area home from school with his father. Ramos and his family entered the U.S. legally, Castro said. The case has drawn national attention, and Democrats are calling for the father and son to be released, as broader scrutiny has grown around the ICE facility in Dilley, where the pair is detained alongside other families. Detainees there say that the prison has inadequate medical care, food contaminated with worms and limited access to drinking water. “We saw the whole gamut, the whole spectrum of kids, a 9-year-old who was picked up in Austin who spent New Year's Eve getting processed into this jail,” Castro recalled. “One young girl who kept coming up to me, a little girl who was hugging my leg, asking us to help get her out of there.” “These kids are very traumatized … and the parents themselves traumatized, grappling with how to help their kids, and they can't,” he added. Geoff Bennett (Geoff Bennett) spoke with Castro (Joaquin Castro) about his visit to the facility, why Liam Ramos and his father were detained and why Castro thinks ICE should be disbanded.
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Children being held at an ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, are “despondent and depressed,” Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said after a visit there this week. Among the children he visited was Liam Ramos, a 5-year-old who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while returning to his Minneapolis-area home from school with his father. Ramos and his family entered the U.S. legally, Castro said. The case has drawn national attention, and Democrats are calling for the father and son to be released, as broader scrutiny has grown around the ICE facility in Dilley, where the pair is detained alongside other families. Detainees there say that the prison has inadequate medical care, food contaminated with worms and limited access to drinking water. “We saw the whole gamut, the whole spectrum of kids, a 9-year-old who was picked up in Austin who spent New Year's Eve getting processed into this jail,” Castro recalled. “One young girl who kept coming up to me, a little girl who was hugging my leg, asking us to help get her out of there.” “These kids are very traumatized … and the parents themselves traumatized, grappling with how to help their kids, and they can't,” he added. Geoff Bennett (Geoff Bennett) spoke with Castro (Joaquin Castro) about his visit to the facility, why Liam Ramos and his father were detained and why Castro thinks ICE should be disbanded.

PBS News

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Jason Kuhlman, the principal at the Minnesota elementary school 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos attended before he and his father were detained by federal agents earlier this month, says that he and the school nurse had to take two children to the federal building in Minneapolis where their mom was being held after she was detained by immigration enforcement authorities at a court-appointed check-in. Kuhlman told CBS News' Lilia Luciano that the boys' mom called the school and asked for them to bring her sons to the detention center so that they could be together. "I've lost kids to cancer. I've lost kids to violence. I've lost parents. To sit there and bring children down to a detention center, knowing that they might not ever come back to my school again because they could be deported, does not sit well," the principal said.
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Jason Kuhlman, the principal at the Minnesota elementary school 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos attended before he and his father were detained by federal agents earlier this month, says that he and the school nurse had to take two children to the federal building in Minneapolis where their mom was being held after she was detained by immigration enforcement authorities at a court-appointed check-in. Kuhlman told CBS News' Lilia Luciano that the boys' mom called the school and asked for them to bring her sons to the detention center so that they could be together. "I've lost kids to cancer. I've lost kids to violence. I've lost parents. To sit there and bring children down to a detention center, knowing that they might not ever come back to my school again because they could be deported, does not sit well," the principal said.

CBS News

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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.
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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.

CBS Mornings

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A federal judge ordered the release of a 5-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, whom immigration officers detained during a Minnesota raid
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A federal judge ordered the release of a 5-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, whom immigration officers detained during a Minnesota raid

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Joaquin Castro just gave an update on Liam Ramos the 5 year old used as bait to detain his father who was here legally! He says that he was able to see Liam & his father,but Liam slept in his father’s lap the whole time! They said he’s not eating & depressed & wants to go home!
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Joaquin Castro just gave an update on Liam Ramos the 5 year old used as bait to detain his father who was here legally! He says that he was able to see Liam & his father,but Liam slept in his father’s lap the whole time! They said he’s not eating & depressed & wants to go home!

Suzie rizzio

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The U.S. Border Patrol commander defended agents who took a 5-year-old boy and his father, an asylum seeker, into custody in Minneapolis, saying they are being held together at a federal detention center in Texas. The family’s lawyer and the child’s school say the boy was used as “bait,” a claim DHS called a “horrific smear,” saying the child was “abandoned” and that his father ran from ICE agents.
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The U.S. Border Patrol commander defended agents who took a 5-year-old boy and his father, an asylum seeker, into custody in Minneapolis, saying they are being held together at a federal detention center in Texas. The family’s lawyer and the child’s school say the boy was used as “bait,” a claim DHS called a “horrific smear,” saying the child was “abandoned” and that his father ran from ICE agents.

CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil

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Reporter: 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was heading home from preschool with his father. According to the eyewitnesses, his father was detained for being an undocumented immigrant, at which point the ICE agents detained the 5-year-old. When an adult who lived in the household offered to take care of him, the ICE agent refused that offer and instead took Ramos to the door of his family home and used him as bait to try to lure more family members out.
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Reporter: 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was heading home from preschool with his father. According to the eyewitnesses, his father was detained for being an undocumented immigrant, at which point the ICE agents detained the 5-year-old. When an adult who lived in the household offered to take care of him, the ICE agent refused that offer and instead took Ramos to the door of his family home and used him as bait to try to lure more family members out.

Ari Drennen

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"They're brown... There's racial profiling happening." Jason Kuhlman, the school principal of 5-year-old Liam Canejo Ramos, who was taken by ICE along with his father, talks to Erin Burnett about why he believes ICE targeted the family.
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"They're brown... There's racial profiling happening." Jason Kuhlman, the school principal of 5-year-old Liam Canejo Ramos, who was taken by ICE along with his father, talks to Erin Burnett about why he believes ICE targeted the family.

Erin Burnett OutFront

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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.
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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.

ABC News

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A five-year-old boy has been detained by ICE agents in Minnesota. Liam Ramos was travelling back from school when he was detained by immigration agents with his father, Columbia Heights School officials said. Homeland Security chiefs denied ICE officers were targeting a child. Tensions continue to flare after the killing of Renee Good. Demonstrators confronted ICE agents at a petrol station on Wednesday.
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A five-year-old boy has been detained by ICE agents in Minnesota. Liam Ramos was travelling back from school when he was detained by immigration agents with his father, Columbia Heights School officials said. Homeland Security chiefs denied ICE officers were targeting a child. Tensions continue to flare after the killing of Renee Good. Demonstrators confronted ICE agents at a petrol station on Wednesday.

Channel 4 News

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Video shows US law enforcement officers firing tear gas at anti-ICE protesters outside a detention centre in Texas where a five-year-old boy is being held. Liam Ramos and his father were detained during an anti-immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
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Video shows US law enforcement officers firing tear gas at anti-ICE protesters outside a detention centre in Texas where a five-year-old boy is being held. Liam Ramos and his father were detained during an anti-immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.

Al Jazeera English

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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.
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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.

CBS News

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ABC News exclusive video shows five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, asylum seekers who were detained by federal agents in Minneapolis last week and sent to a Texas detention facility, boarding a plane home on Sunday after a judge ordered the government to release them.
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ABC News exclusive video shows five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, asylum seekers who were detained by federal agents in Minneapolis last week and sent to a Texas detention facility, boarding a plane home on Sunday after a judge ordered the government to release them.

Eyewitness News

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BREAKING: Another blatant lie by the Trump WhiteHouse! After the WH and Homeland security made the claim that 5-year-old preschool student, Liam Ramos, who was detained, was abandoned by his father, Columbia Heights school officials, and the family’s attorney tell a different story. Liam’s father was detained and agents used Liam to try and bait the mother out of her home. The three of them were in America legally, in this asylum process. No one was abandoned. ICE kidnapped the father and used Liam as bait.
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BREAKING: Another blatant lie by the Trump WhiteHouse! After the WH and Homeland security made the claim that 5-year-old preschool student, Liam Ramos, who was detained, was abandoned by his father, Columbia Heights school officials, and the family’s attorney tell a different story. Liam’s father was detained and agents used Liam to try and bait the mother out of her home. The three of them were in America legally, in this asylum process. No one was abandoned. ICE kidnapped the father and used Liam as bait.

Ed Krassenstein

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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.
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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.

CBS News

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Therapy dogs have been brought into the school of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was detained and later released by ICE with his father, to help students cope with trauma, Lilia Luciano reports. The move comes as border czar Tom Homan announced that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota will wind down next week, with federal immigration officers gradually drawing back.
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Therapy dogs have been brought into the school of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was detained and later released by ICE with his father, to help students cope with trauma, Lilia Luciano reports. The move comes as border czar Tom Homan announced that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota will wind down next week, with federal immigration officers gradually drawing back.

CBS News

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