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 case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children," US judge Fred Biery wrote in a ruling published on Saturday. Judge Biery, appointed by then-president Bill Clinton, blasted the administration of current president Donald Trump in his three-page order, opens new tab. Mr Biery cited the Constitution's requirement that an arrest warrant must be based on a judge finding probable cause of a crime. Armed and masked officers detained two 17-year-olds and a 10-year-old in addition to Liam, school district Superintendent Zena Stenvik said last week.

Source: Irish Examiner February 01, 2026 13:06 UTC