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This is Liam Conejo Ramos.
On January 20, 2026, Liam, a prekindergarten student at Valley View Elementary was approached by masked ICE agents as he returned home from school with his father. The ICE agents took Liam and his father away to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. According to their lawyer, the family emigrated to the US in 2024 from Ecuador and has an active asylum claim. Government records indicate their immigration court case was docketed on December 17, 2024. Liam Conejo Ramos was the fourth student at the Columbia Heights School District to be detained by ICE. Earlier the same day, a 17-year-old student was taken from his car by ICE agents.
Liam and his father have been released from Dilley Immigration Processing Center thanks to hundreds of thousands of people who organized for their release. However their journey is not over. A day after their release, POTUS released a statement saying they are seeking to expedite the deportation of Liam and his father, which would unlawfully separate them from Liamâs pregnant mother who is a legal resident of the United States. She has since had to go to the hospital for excessive bleeding due to stress which can induce a miscarriage.
Lawyer Danielle Molliver told Minnesota Public Radio this week that DHS had filed documents to expedite the father and sonâs removal, speculating that the action was âretaliatoryâ. Molliver states, âItâs really frustrating as an attorney, because they keep throwing new obstacles in our way...Thereâs absolutely no reason that this should be expedited.â
This family has done nothing to warrant their removal and are legally residing in the United States under asylum. Please share and check out the links below to help Liam and his family.
GoFundMe for Liamâs Legal Team
GoFundMe for Liamâs Family
GoFundMe for Holding Ice Accountable