Immigration adn Customs enforcement (ICE) faces disturbing accusations regarding its tactics during recent enforcement actions in the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro area, including allegations of using children as bait.
One particularly alarming incident involves five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos. ICE agents reportedly apprehended liam in his Minneapolis driveway as he returned home from school. They allegedly walked him to the door and demanded to know who was inside. When his father answered, he was detained.
According to ABC 7, an adult in the home pleaded with officers to leave Liam behind. Instead, ICE agents reportedly took both the child and his father into custody.
While the administration might attempt to justify aggressive tactics when apprehending dangerous criminals, this case raises serious concerns.
Neighbors claim federal immigration officers used Liam as “bait” by encouraging him to knock on his own door. The Department of Homeland Security denies these claims, stating Liam’s father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, fled on foot and “abandoned” the boy in a running car, as reported by AP News.
