Federal court orders have led to the release of a child and his father detained in Texas, amidst ongoing protests in Minneapolis fueled by controversial federal immigration enforcement actions, including the forceful removal of a US citizen.
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As protests rage on in Minneapolis this
morning, a major update to a case that's
fueled outrage here and nationwide. A
federal judge ordering the release of
5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father
from a detention facility in Texas. The
two taken from their snowy Minnesota
driveway by federal officers last week.
In a scathing rebuke to the Trump
administration, the US District judge
writing, "The case has its genesis in
the ill-conceived and incompetently
implemented government pursuit of daily
deportation quotas. Apparently, even if
it requires traumatizing children after
hearing the news, Liam's uncle Luis Kone
telling Telmundo, "We are filled with joy."
joy."
The order coming even as another federal
judge declined to block ISIS operation
in Minneapolis. Homeland Security
Secretary Christy Gnome praising that decision.
decision.
>> We're grateful when a court sees that
that the right thing has been done.
Protesters telling us they've had enough.
enough.
>> We are born citizens and we are motans.
So that's why we are out here and it's
very important to be out here.
>> Call 911. I'm right at the corner of Jefferson.