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"Bait" Child Detention

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January 2026

Federal ICE agents detain 5-year-old Minnesota boy

The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos as “bait” to try and draw family members from their home before taking him away.

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ICE detains 5-year-old Minnesota boy; school leader says agents used him as ‘bait’

The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos as “bait” to try and draw family members from their home before taking him away.

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·Minnesota

ICE detained a 5-year old Minnesota boy. School leader says agents used him as ‘bait’

The Columbia Heights Public School district says federal agents have detained four of its students in four separate incidents over the last two weeks. One child is a 5-year old boy who attends a district elementary school and was used as “bait” to draw family members out of their home.

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December 2025

·Minnesota

Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block

Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities last Monday.

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April 2025

End of “"Bait" Child Detention” timeline

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