The case of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, has captured national attention after they were detained by ICE in Minnesota and held at a Texas detention facility. According to The Guardian, Liam was seized on his way home from school on January 20, 2026, despite his family having applied for political asylum and no deportation order being issued. The Guardian's Francine Prose criticized the detention as lacking "decency, compassion or basic humanity," highlighting the emotional impact of seeing a child in such circumstances. NBC News World noted that Liam became a viral symbol of the Trump administration's immigration policies, underscoring the broader implications of this case on public perception of immigration enforcement.