{"id":42521,"date":"2026-01-23T22:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=42521"},"modified":"2026-01-23T22:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:23:58","slug":"ice-school-district-give-conflicting-accounts-of-childs-detainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=42521","title":{"rendered":"ICE, School District Give Conflicting Accounts of Child\u2019s Detainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: ICE, School District Give Conflicting Accounts of Child\u2019s Detainment<\/p>\n<p>transcript<\/p>\n<p><span>Back<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1nng8z9\">transcript<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-8p0vwh\">ICE, School District Give Conflicting Accounts of Child\u2019s Detainment<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"css-qsd3hm\">Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, was detained with his father by immigration authorities on Tuesday. The school district and the federal government have given conflicting accounts of what happened during the arrest.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">\u201cWhen I was in the neighborhood where the school dropoffs happened nearby my house, and I heard honking and whistling. And I saw several vehicles kind of blocking half the road, and I saw a man standing by a running vehicle in a driveway being detained. And then I heard a neighbor say, \u2018There\u2019s a kid.\u2019 And my heart just dropped.\u201d \u201cWhen officers approached Conejo Arias, he and his child were in a vehicle. Arias fled from law enforcement on foot, abandoning his child in the middle of winter.\u201d \u201cOne of our 17-year-old students, who was taken when she cracked open the door, the agents pushed their way in, and then apprehended the child and whoever was also in the apartment. So it\u2019s been unfortunately, over the last few weeks, pretty common knowledge about not opening doors.\u201d \u201cTragically, when we approached the door of his residence, the people inside refused to take him in and open the door. Fortunately, Conejo Arias eventually requested that his child stay with him.\u201d Liam and his dad did enter the United States at a port of entry to seek asylum through the C.B.P. One app. So they did everything right when they came in. They\u2019ve shared all of their information with the government and they were following the process. They were just trying to secure safety and persecution for their family from their home country. But ICE didn\u2019t care about the fact that they had those pending claims and then just arrested them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-hple31\">Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, was detained with his father by immigration authorities on Tuesday. The school district and the federal government have given conflicting accounts of what happened during the arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By McKinnon de Kuyper<\/p>\n<p>January 23, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new video loaded: ICE, School District Give Conflicting Accounts of Child\u2019s Detainment transcript Back transcript ICE, School District Give Conflicting Accounts of Child\u2019s Detainment Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, was detained with his father by immigration authorities on Tuesday. 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