Federal judge blocks deportation of 5-year-old boy and father taken in Minnesota immigration operation

A national justice connected Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump medication from deporting a 5-year-old Ecuadorian lad and his father, who were taken into custody past week successful Minnesota. 

Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias and his son, Liam Ramos, were taken into custody by national migration authorities and are being held astatine the Dilley Immigration Processing Center successful Texas. 

The impermanent artifact issued by U.S. District Judge Fred Biery stays successful spot portion their lawsuit is being litigated. Conejo and Ramos can't beryllium transferred from the judicial territory wherever they are being held, according to the order.

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Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, the begetter of Liam Ramos, is being detained with his lad successful Texas aft being arrested by national migration authorities. A national justice has issued a impermanent artifact connected the deportation of the begetter and son.  (Obtained by Columbia Heights Public Schools / Department Homeland Security)

Federal authorities were trying to instrumentality Conejo into custody successful Minneapolis past week erstwhile helium fled and near Ramos, who was arriving location from preschool, the Department of Homeland Security said. 

Some U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers remained astatine the country with the lad portion others chased down Conejo, who was apprehended soon after. 

Democrats person claimed that Ramos was "kidnapped" and utilized arsenic "bait" to get his father. 

However, the ICE officers made aggregate attempts to person Ramo's mother, who was wrong her home, instrumentality custody of her son, but she refused, DHS said. 

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Media outlets were speedy to parrot Democrats, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who shared an representation of a five-year-old lad and claimed helium was detained by ICE portion coming location from pre-school. (Obtained by Columbia Heights Public Schools)

"Following the mother’s abandonment of the child, officers abided by the father’s wishes to support the kid with him. Father and lad are unneurotic astatine Dilley [Immigration Processing Center]," DHS said successful an X post. 

Conejo entered the U.S. illegally successful December 2024 and was released into the U.S. by the Biden administration, DHS said. The family’s lawyer said helium had a pending asylum assertion allowing him to enactment successful the country.

Fox News was told by the bureau that Conejo Arias had the accidental to  utilize a process known arsenic VR, voluntary return, to permission the U.S. with nary migration consequences, but helium declined. 

President Trump says tougher ICE enforcement is forcing convulsive transgression amerciable immigrants retired of the US, citing reverse migration, overseas situation releases and expanded metro raids. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to DHS and Ramos’ attorney, Jennifer Scarborough.