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This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
This blatant disregard for judicial authority raises serious concerns about whether immigration enforcement is now being conducted above the law, and whether constitutional protections apply only to some Americans \u2014 and not to immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. 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But in a matter of minutes, the government reportedly <\/a>put both father and daughter on a plane to Texas \u2014 in direct contravention of a court order and explicit ruling by the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This blatant disregard for judicial authority raises serious concerns about whether immigration enforcement is now being conducted above the law, and whether constitutional protections apply only to some Americans \u2014 and not to immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. 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and mentioned that the toddler did not have any history of crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in a matter of minutes, the government reportedly <\/a>put both father and daughter on a plane to Texas \u2014 in direct contravention of a court order and explicit ruling by the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This blatant disregard for judicial authority raises serious concerns about whether immigration enforcement is now being conducted above the law, and whether constitutional protections apply only to some Americans \u2014 and not to immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"the risk of irreparable harm\" <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n and mentioned that the toddler did not have any history of crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in a matter of minutes, the government reportedly <\/a>put both father and daughter on a plane to Texas \u2014 in direct contravention of a court order and explicit ruling by the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This blatant disregard for judicial authority raises serious concerns about whether immigration enforcement is now being conducted above the law, and whether constitutional protections apply only to some Americans \u2014 and not to immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"the risk of irreparable harm\" <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n and mentioned that the toddler did not have any history of crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in a matter of minutes, the government reportedly <\/a>put both father and daughter on a plane to Texas \u2014 in direct contravention of a court order and explicit ruling by the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This blatant disregard for judicial authority raises serious concerns about whether immigration enforcement is now being conducted above the law, and whether constitutional protections apply only to some Americans \u2014 and not to immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In a federal judge's order at about 8:10 p.m., the government was barred from removing the father and daughter from within Minnesota. The judge ordered immediately that the child be released to her attorney's custody - who had been authorized by the mother. The judge emphasized <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"the risk of irreparable harm\" <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n and mentioned that the toddler did not have any history of crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in a matter of minutes, the government reportedly <\/a>put both father and daughter on a plane to Texas \u2014 in direct contravention of a court order and explicit ruling by the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This blatant disregard for judicial authority raises serious concerns about whether immigration enforcement is now being conducted above the law, and whether constitutional protections apply only to some Americans \u2014 and not to immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In a federal judge's order at about 8:10 p.m., the government was barred from removing the father and daughter from within Minnesota. The judge ordered immediately that the child be released to her attorney's custody - who had been authorized by the mother. The judge emphasized <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"the risk of irreparable harm\" <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n and mentioned that the toddler did not have any history of crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in a matter of minutes, the government reportedly <\/a>put both father and daughter on a plane to Texas \u2014 in direct contravention of a court order and explicit ruling by the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This blatant disregard for judicial authority raises serious concerns about whether immigration enforcement is now being conducted above the law, and whether constitutional protections apply only to some Americans \u2014 and not to immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The case has ignited public fury and refocused public debate over the tough immigration policies enacted by the Trump administration. These policies aim to intimidate rather than protect the law with compassion and integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a federal judge's order at about 8:10 p.m., the government was barred from removing the father and daughter from within Minnesota. The judge ordered immediately that the child be released to her attorney's custody - who had been authorized by the mother. The judge emphasized <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"the risk of irreparable harm\" <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n and mentioned that the toddler did not have any history of crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in a matter of minutes, the government reportedly <\/a>put both father and daughter on a plane to Texas \u2014 in direct contravention of a court order and explicit ruling by the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This blatant disregard for judicial authority raises serious concerns about whether immigration enforcement is now being conducted above the law, and whether constitutional protections apply only to some Americans \u2014 and not to immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In Minneapolis, federal immigration agents apprehended a two-year-old girl and her father on Thursday. They weren\u2019t caught during a raid or while trying to commit a crime, but rather while walking home from the store. This is according to court records and attorneys representing the family, stating that immigration agents went on private property, apprehended the two, and took them to Texas while ignoring a federal judge\u2019s order to release the young girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The case has ignited public fury and refocused public debate over the tough immigration policies enacted by the Trump administration. These policies aim to intimidate rather than protect the law with compassion and integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a federal judge's order at about 8:10 p.m., the government was barred from removing the father and daughter from within Minnesota. The judge ordered immediately that the child be released to her attorney's custody - who had been authorized by the mother. The judge emphasized <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"the risk of irreparable harm\" <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n and mentioned that the toddler did not have any history of crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in a matter of minutes, the government reportedly <\/a>put both father and daughter on a plane to Texas \u2014 in direct contravention of a court order and explicit ruling by the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This blatant disregard for judicial authority raises serious concerns about whether immigration enforcement is now being conducted above the law, and whether constitutional protections apply only to some Americans \u2014 and not to immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It should be noted that the attorneys of the families recounted the scene as a horrifying one, considering that the agents reportedly smashed the glass window of the father\u2019s car while the child was inside, and an ICE agent put the child in a vehicle without a seat. It also shows that the agents did not allow the father to take his daughter to his mother, who was already waiting by the door. Such an action not only shows a lack of concern for the child but also a desire to destabilize families as a deterrent policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While officially stating its position on the case, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that the father had \u201cillegally reentered the US\u201d and had been \u201coperating\u201d the vehicle in an erratic manner with a child on board. They also claimed that the mother had \u201crefused\u201d to take her daughter with her in the vehicle \u2013 claims firmly denied by the family\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a worrying trend. The government is supposedly using these suspect claims as a basis of crackdowns and enforcement action, but claims and eyewitness testimony indicate very little of this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Civil rights attorneys say this case highlights a growing tactic by ICE: transferring detainees to other states to limit access to legal counsel and evade local court jurisdiction. By moving families across state lines, the government makes it harder for lawyers to represent their clients and for courts to enforce basic legal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic is not just procedural \u2014 it is intentionally punitive, designed to make immigration cases more difficult to challenge and to isolate families from support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis case is horrific,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n said Irina Vaynerman, one of the family\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lack of humanity at every step of this process\u2026 it\u2019s truly unimaginable.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n She warned that the long-term psychological harm to the toddler could be severe and irreversible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaynerman\u2019s words underline the central question raised by this case: Are the United States\u2019 immigration policies now being enforced through cruelty and intimidation rather than justice and due process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is reminiscent of an earlier case regarding an arrest made in the same area as a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos, who was apprehended along with his father only two days before in Minneapolis. In that case, ICE officials arrested the boy at his residence in Columbia Heights, whereby they took him along in a car while his father fled running from the scene\u2014a narrative that is strongly contested by school officials as well as the family themselves\u2014and subsequently took him to Dilley, Texas, by airplane, while he had an active claim for asylum and had entered in 2024 as a legitimate immigrant from Ecuador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The same chilling question arises in the refusal of authorities to take custody from family members and school staff, as was also done in the case of the two-year-old. This cycle of child separation from their parents-without apparent justifiable criminal cause and under conditions that indeed subject these children to emotional trauma and physical danger-suggests a deliberate enforcement strategy aimed at intimidation rather than lawful immigration processing. It is part of a worrying ratcheting up of cruelty, with humanitarian concerns and legal rights being sacrificed in the interests of political targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case <\/a>is not isolated. It comes just two days after ICE detained a five-year-old boy in Minnesota, prompting international backlash and raising fears that the administration is escalating its crackdown on immigrant communities through increasingly harsh tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the goal is to enforce the law, the government must do so within the bounds of constitutional rights and human dignity. If the goal is to intimidate and terrify families, then this case shows that the strategy is succeeding \u2014 at the cost of basic decency and legal standards.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Two-year-old detained, court order ignored \u2014 Is ICE above the law?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"two-year-old-detained-court-order-ignored-is-ice-above-the-law","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:54:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10236","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":20},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThat\u2019s where we are.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Calls to dismantle ICE dominate Texas Democratic Senate debate","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"calls-to-dismantle-ice-dominate-texas-democratic-senate-debate","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-25 10:57:27","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-25 10:57:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10243","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10236,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2026-01-24 10:48:02","post_date_gmt":"2026-01-24 10:48:02","post_content":"\n In Minneapolis, federal immigration agents apprehended a two-year-old girl and her father on Thursday. They weren\u2019t caught during a raid or while trying to commit a crime, but rather while walking home from the store. This is according to court records and attorneys representing the family, stating that immigration agents went on private property, apprehended the two, and took them to Texas while ignoring a federal judge\u2019s order to release the young girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The case has ignited public fury and refocused public debate over the tough immigration policies enacted by the Trump administration. These policies aim to intimidate rather than protect the law with compassion and integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a federal judge's order at about 8:10 p.m., the government was barred from removing the father and daughter from within Minnesota. The judge ordered immediately that the child be released to her attorney's custody - who had been authorized by the mother. The judge emphasized <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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