Judge Blocks Deportation of 5-Year-Old Boy and Father in ICE Custody

The federal ruling stops their removal while the court case proceeds.
Judge Blocks Deportation of 5-Year-Old Boy and Father in ICE Custody
Liam Conejo Ramos in a Minneapolis suburb on Jan. 20, 2026. Ali Daniels via AP
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father after the detention of the boy’s father 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.

Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.