Five-year-old detained in ICE operation sparks backlash over 'bait' claim

A 5-year-old boy in Minnesota was detained by federal immigration officers along with his father in a Texas facility, with school officials criticizing the operation for using the child as 'bait' to locate the father. The family, who arrived in the U.S. in 2024 and has an active asylum case, says Liam Conejo Ramos and his dad were taken to a Dilley, Texas detention center; DHS says the child was not targeted. The incident is part of a broader wave of arrests in Minnesota that has affected several students and drawn scrutiny from educators and immigrant-rights advocates over detention conditions and the impact on students.