Overview
- The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal Wednesday, asking the Fifth Circuit to overturn the order that freed Liam Conejo Ramos and his father.
- U.S. District Judge Fred Biery granted habeas relief on January 31 after finding constitutional violations in how the pair were detained.
- The appeal seeks authority to re-detain the father and son and to erase the release order’s bond-hearing safeguard if they are taken back into custody.
- In March, an immigration judge denied the family’s asylum claim, and that separate case is now on appeal with removal a possible outcome.
- The case gained national attention after ICE detained the 5-year-old during a Minneapolis sweep, and his lawyers and school reported he became ill and lost weight in the Dilley facility.