A federal judge has just ordered the release of Liam and his father.

[Ocelot II]

https://archive.is/GNf6J

Biery's ruling accuses the Trump administration of " ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence," and contends that the case against Conejo Arias and his son "has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children."

[SheltieLover]

1. Why did judge give them until Tues to release them?

I'd give them15 min!

[question everything]

2. Especially as reported the kid is not well

[SheltieLover]

4. Yes!!!!

[democrank]

3. After all the two of them have been through

I hope Conejo Arias can hold it together long enough to get the hell out of there. May there be solid support and comfort waiting for them on the other side.

[malaise]

5. Great news - such cuelty

Evil scumbags all

[orangecrush]

6. GOOD NEWS

For a change!

[mvd]

7. K&R

So glad to see good news.

[sarisataka]

8. The order should be- released and returned to Minnesota

ICE will just dump them on some random corner in San Antonio

[EnergizedLib]

9. IF he's released

Get that poor kid to an ER immediately, if possible.

What irks me the most about this is the family came here legally, nobody from the family committed any crimes that we know of while here, yet these monsters still did this to them.

[Evolve Dammit]

10. Giant Law suit for Mr. Crum or equivilent litigator.

[ShazzieB]

11. This is good news, BUT.

Kudos to the judge, BUT how many court orders has ICE ignored or outright defied in the last year? I can't remember, but I know it's a very large number. Even when they carry one out, they invent as many excuses to drag their feet as possible and create as many unnecessary delays as they can. (Exhibit A: the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, which took a Supreme Court decision to get a mistakenly deported person returned to the the U.S.)

For the above reasons, I'm not going to breathe a sigh of relief until they're back home, safe and sound. Fingers crossed🤞that this will happen soon.

Note: I used to call myself a cockeyed optimist, but Trump 2.0 has been gradually beating that out of me. I didn't realize just how much until I read this o.p. I hope to God that the country will be rid of that Orange Hellbeast before I and and many others are permanently, irresistibly embittered.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. 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.”

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. This signature page made me smile

[yellow dahlia]

14. A Republic, if the judges can help us keep it.

Rule of Law!