{"id":211530,"date":"2026-03-19T15:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/211530\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:35:12","slug":"judge-ends-asylum-claim-for-liam-ramos-the-5-year-old-arrested-by-ice-orders-his-deportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/211530\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge ends asylum claim for Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old arrested by ICE, orders his deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and San Antonio Rep. Joaquin Castro stand with Liam Ramos and his dad. Credit: Courtesy \/ Rep. Ilhan Omar<\/p>\n

An immigration judge has ended the asylum claim of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, Minnesota Public Radio reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The boy was thrust into the national spotlight as federal agents detained him during ICE\u2019s controversial crackdown in Minneapolis. A widely shared photo showed the PreK 4 student in a bunny hat as ICE personnel took him into custody. He was later shipped to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, roughly an hour from San Antonio.<\/p>\n

People nationwide celebrated the child\u2019s release thanks to the efforts of U.S. Joaquin Castro, a Democrat representing the Alamo City. <\/p>\n

However, it looks like the trouble isn\u2019t over for Liam and his family, according to their attorney.<\/p>\n

Attorney Danielle Molliver, with Nwokocha & Operana Law Offices, told MPR News on Wednesday that an immigration judge rejected the family\u2019s asylum claims. However, Molliver said the firm is appealing the decision handed down by U.S. Immigration Judge John Burns. That process could take months or even years, she added.<\/p>\n

If the family loses the appeal, they are likely to be deported to Ecuador, their country of origin.<\/p>\n

In addition to Liam, the family includes his 13-year-old brother and his parents, Adrian Conejo Arias and Erika Ramos, the latter of whom is pregnant with the couple\u2019s third child.<\/p>\n

Liam and his father were arrested Jan. 20 in Columbia Heights, a suburb of Minneapolis. After a national outcry, the pair were released from the Dilley prison camp on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n

However, in early February, the federal government filed a motion to end the asylum claims of the Conejo Ramos family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government was bent on removing this family from the United States,\u201d attorney Paschal Nwokocha told MPR News in February.<\/p>\n

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