A judge in Texas has ordered the release of Liam Ramos and his father. Yay!

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BREAKING
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS - NEWS
By Elizabeth Zavala, Staff Writer, Jan 31, 2026

In a ruling that includes a stinging rebuke of the Trump administration, a federal judge in San Antonio has ordered the release of an Ecuadorian man and his 5-year-old son who are being held in a South Texas immigrant detention center.
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U.S. District Judge Fred Biery's order, issued Saturday morning, requires that Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias and his son, Liam Conejo Ramos, be released from federal custody while their immigration case proceeds through the court system. Biery's order requires they be released by Tuesday.
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Their attorneys say they are in the country under an asylum claim, but in court filings, federal officials that the man and his child are not here legally and that their immigration parole expired in April. Conejo Arias and his son are currently being held at the Dilly Immigration Processing Center in Frio County, about 70 miles southwest of San Antonio.

There are more and more articles popping up online. I pulled this article, just as the news was breaking. Here is an archived link.
https://archive.ph/GNf6J

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1. Good, but why wait till Tuesday?

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2. Good point.

I hope they didn't lose Liam's hat and Spiderman backpack.

If they did, I am sure someone will get him another...but still.

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3. Poor people don't belong there!

If I were the judge, I'd give them 15 min to release them!

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4. Indeed.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Judge orders release of 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minneapolis

Below his signature on the order, the judge included a photo of Liam Ramos as he was taken into custody wearing a Spider-Man backpack and bright blue hat.

Judge orders release of 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minneapolis

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

— Greg Hernandez (@ghnarrator.bsky.social) 2026-01-31T21:42:13.473Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/31/minnesota-5-year-old-release-ice

A federal judge has ordered 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, to be released from federal immigration custody after the pair were detained in their driveway in Minnesota last week, sparking outrage nationwide and protests at the family detention center in Dilley, Texas, where they have been held.

In a sharply worded statement, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery said the administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to its own agents “do not pass probable cause muster.”

“That is called the fox guarding the henhouse,” he wrote. “The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.”

Below his signature, the judge also included the now well-known photo of Ramos as he was taken into custody wearing a Spider-Man backpack and a bright blue hat. The photo and Liam’s detainment sparked outrage across the country and further inflamed tensions between Minnesota residents and the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts there.,.....

The detention of children at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley has drawn mounting backlash in recent weeks. Outside the heavily secured compound on Wednesday, hundreds of faith leaders, labor organizers and advocates marched toward the detention center, calling for the release of families held inside.

In a statement Saturday afternoon, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) thanked people across the country and world for “speaking out in support of Liam and so many other children in detention.” He added that he had also reached out to Liam’s mom and lawyers to tell them he would continue “to do everything I can to make sure he is safe.”

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6. Thanks for sharing this.

It is touching that the judge "underlined" his signature with the picture.

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7. This signature page made me smile