Judge orders release of 5-year-old, father detained in Minnesota ICE raid

ICE agents stand next to a boy, who a witness identified as Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old that school officials said was detained in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 20, 2026. Rachel James/via REUTERS

DETROIT, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A ‌federal judge on Saturday ordered the release of Adrian Conejo Arias and his ‌five-year-old son, Liam Conejo Ramos, whom immigration officers detained during a Minnesota raid.

The ‌boy — seen in a now-viral photo wearing a blue bunny hat outside his house as federal agents stood nearby — was one of four students detained by immigration officials earlier this month in a Minneapolis suburb, according to the ‍Columbia Heights Public School District.