A heart-wrenching incident has come to light in the American state of Minnesota. A five-year-old boy was taken into custody by federal immigration agents along with his father. This action took place when both were returning home. The child’s name is Liam Conejo Ramos and he studies in pre school. According to school administration and the family’s attorney, agents stopped the child and his father near their home Tuesday afternoon. Later both of them were sent to a detention center in Texas. This is the fourth case in the same area in the last few weeks, when a student was caught by the immigration agencies.

used the child as bait

Columbia Heights Public Schools Superintendent Jenna Stanwick said agents asked the boy to knock on the door to see if there were other people in the house. He alleged that the agents used the five-year-old child as ‘fodder’. The child’s mother was inside the house, but she did not open the door. According to the school administration, this family came to America in 2024 and has applied for asylum. Their case is still ongoing and there is no deportation order against the family.

What is the explanation of Trump administration?

However, the US Homeland Security Department has rejected these allegations. Department spokeswoman Trisha McLaughlin said ICE did not target any children. They claim that the agents had actually come to arrest the father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, who they say was living in the US illegally. The spokesperson also said the father ran away and abandoned the child, so agents stayed with the child. Local officials and neighbors say agents were urged to release the child to an adult at home or turn him over to school officials, but they refused.

Kamala Harris got angry

Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has given a sharp reaction to this incident. He wrote on social media that this is very disturbing. Harris said that this child should have been at home with his family, not in any detention center in Texas. He alleged that ICE agents used the child as ‘bait’.