Federal government appealing order releasing 5-year-old from immigration custody

The federal government may try to send 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos back to detention. The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal Wednesday in federal court in Texas, challenging a January ruling that freed the 5-year-old Minnesota resident and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, from an immigration detention facility. The father and son were taken … Read more

Nonverbal 5-year-old who met Ms. Rachel over Zoom is released from ICE detention

A 5-year-old nonverbal boy whose plight in a South Texas immigration detention center drew national attention after a video call with children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel has been released with his family, their attorney said Tuesday. Gael, who has significant developmental delays and other medical challenges, had been held for three weeks at the Dilley Immigration … Read more

Federal judge denies asylum claim for family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, Minnesota school district says

A federal judge has denied the asylum claim for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old Minnesota boy whose arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in January gained national attention.  According to a statement from Columbia Heights Public School District, where Ramos attends school, an immigration judge “ended the asylum claims of … Read more

A 5-year-old boy was left alone in a hospital on the day of his heart surgery. His anesthesiologist adopted him.

Omaha, Nebraska — Surrounded by friends and family at his birthday party this week, 10-year-old True Beethe of Omaha, Nebraska, was on cloud nine, but his bliss had not come easy. Back in 2022, at the age of 5, True needed a heart procedure for a serious congenital heart defect known as hypoplastic right heart … Read more