Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: CNN

A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN.
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The order specifies the preschooler and his father be released “as soon as practicable” and no later than Tuesday as their immigration case proceeds through the court system. The ruling, shared with CNN by the judge’s courtroom deputy, was first reported by the San Antonio Express-News.

In a scathing opinion, which at times read more like a civics lesson, US District Judge Fred Biery admonished “the government’s ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence” and quoted Thomas Jefferson’s grievances against “a would-be authoritarian king,” saying today people “are hearing echos of that history.”

Liam’s case, Biery wrote, originated in “the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.”



Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/31/us/liam-ramos-judge-release-ice-detention?cid=ios_app

[iluvtennis]

1. Awesome news! The other day on a news clip the little boy Liam looked totally depressed. Be so happy when he is

back home with his mom and the rest of the family.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. I want to see pictures. That baby needs to see a doctor and his mama.

He better not fucking die.

[sakabatou]

3. We'll see if he's released or not

And if he is, how soon until Dump's goons nab him again?

[peppertree]

7. Exactly - all the more so since they know their case has become a cause celebre among "the left"

And it's common knowledge we live rent-free in those alcohol-addled heads of theirs.

[hamsterjill]

4. Fred Biery is awesome.

n/t

[bluestarone]

5. AWESOME!! BUT

I'm thinking they will not be released until Tuesday.

[Bayard]

6. I love this judge!

“the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.”

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Judge orders release of 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minneapolis

Below his signature on the order, the judge included a photo of Liam Ramos as he was taken into custody wearing a Spider-Man backpack and bright blue hat.

Judge orders release of 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minneapolis

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

— Greg Hernandez (@ghnarrator.bsky.social) 2026-01-31T21:42:13.473Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/31/minnesota-5-year-old-release-ice

A federal judge has ordered 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, to be released from federal immigration custody after the pair were detained in their driveway in Minnesota last week, sparking outrage nationwide and protests at the family detention center in Dilley, Texas, where they have been held.

In a sharply worded statement, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery said the administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to its own agents “do not pass probable cause muster.”

“That is called the fox guarding the henhouse,” he wrote. “The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.”

Below his signature, the judge also included the now well-known photo of Ramos as he was taken into custody wearing a Spider-Man backpack and a bright blue hat. The photo and Liam’s detainment sparked outrage across the country and further inflamed tensions between Minnesota residents and the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts there.,.....

The detention of children at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley has drawn mounting backlash in recent weeks. Outside the heavily secured compound on Wednesday, hundreds of faith leaders, labor organizers and advocates marched toward the detention center, calling for the release of families held inside.

In a statement Saturday afternoon, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) thanked people across the country and world for “speaking out in support of Liam and so many other children in detention.” He added that he had also reached out to Liam’s mom and lawyers to tell them he would continue “to do everything I can to make sure he is safe.”

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. This signature page made me smile

[brakester]

9. Liam and his father applied for,

and received

asylum.
That means they are legal.

In their wholesale hate-fest, ICE has been following the Bannon philosophy,

Move Fast and Break Things.

This Lord of the Flies mentality is birthed from racism and a 'might over right' attitude, to stun, sow chaos and destroy. You can get away with lots of stuff for awhile. But, people figure you out, and counter your BS.

ICE was snatching migrants, legal or not, and throwing them on a plane to a secret location the next day.

There are legal categories of migrants in the US.

(AI Overview)
Legal categories for migrants, primarily defined by U.S. law, include
1. Lawful Permanent Residents (green card holders),
2. non-immigrants (temporary visitors/workers),
3. refugees/asylees (humanitarian protection), and
4.undocumented/irregular migrants.
These statuses are subdivided into family-based, employment-based, and humanitarian pathways."

They ignored all these important distinctions.

Someone seeking asylum because drug lords rule their country is legally here and is protected. A sharp contrast to a vacationer overstaying their visa or a serial killer jumping the fence one night.

When sanity prevails again, every one of these people should be given the chance to return.

[FakeNoose]

10. Thank you US District Judge Fred Biery for the BEST news I've heard today!

If Liam's parents are unhappy about their treatment in the hands of federal agents ... well they should be! I hope they decide to sue DHS and ICE.

[cliffside]

12. ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos. His Classmates Have Something to Say

OPINION
VIDEO

By James Robinson and Katie G. Nelson
Mr. Robinson is a producer and editor for Opinion Video. Katie G Nelson is a journalist, photographer and filmmaker from Minneapolis, MN.

Full article/gift link

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/opinion/ice-kids-liam-ramos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I1A.Nsl2.EEoHqZ_tPwQY&smid=url-share

"ICE took their classmate. They started writing letters..."

[calimary]

13. GOOD!!!

[Sam I Yam]

14. BUT

Will Donny Dipshit obey the court?