Overview
- Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, were released from the Dilley, Texas facility and returned to Minnesota with Congressman Joaquin Castro after a federal order mandated their freedom.
- U.S. District Judge Fred Biery required their release by Tuesday and faulted the government’s pursuit of daily deportation targets in immigration enforcement.
- The judge did not resolve their immigration status, stating any future removal would have to proceed in an orderly and humane manner.
- How the Minneapolis arrest unfolded remains in dispute, with neighbors and school staff alleging agents used the child as “bait,” a claim DHS and ICE deny.
- Concerns about family detention grew as advocates cited poor conditions at Dilley and authorities reported a measles-related quarantine there following two confirmed cases.