Outrage after ICE detained 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos during his father’s arrest; DHS says agents stayed with him and both were later held in Dilley, Texas. According to ABC News. What do you think? Comment. #news
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ABC News ran a headline saying a five-year-old asylum seeker was detained by ICE, sparking widespread online outrage and calls for lawsuits after images circulated. The child, identified as Liam Conejo Ramos, was removed during an operation targeting his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias. DHS and ICE officials said the father fled and abandoned the boy; officers stayed with him, bought him McDonald’s and played music to comfort him. The father and son were later held at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Reporters and officials dispute whether media coverage mischaracterized the encounter, fueling fierce public debate. (abcnews.go.com)

