Cory Booker’s Sob Story About a 5-Year-Old’s Father Being Detained by ICE Earns a Ratio

We're not sure who the douchebag reporter from MS NOW is who made this video, but he does quite the dramatic reading of the facts of the case. That's if it's a fact that a 5-year-old was deported. Adults are deported; they choose to take their children with them. This story isn't about 5-year-old Liam Ramos, who was allegedly used as "bait" to catch his illegal alien father (which was debunked). This story is about another five-year-old named Liam whose father also refused to take the money and self-deport. Sen. Cory Booker was obviously moved by MS NOW's report and concluded that kids should be in school, not in the back of an ICE van. We agree, and as the report says, Liam will be enrolled in school in Mexico.

5-year-old boy wanted to play soccer. Instead, ICE pulled over his family, cuffed his father, took him away crying as he clung to his dad’s shackled hands. This is cruelty inflicted on a child. Kids should be in school, not in the back of an ICE van.

Op: @msnownews pic.twitter.com/FkYhhl0VfA
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) September 1, 2026

Liam is a Mexican citizen born in Mexico to Mexican citizens. His father, previously deported, returned illegally committing a federal FELONY. The boy, his father and mother have been deported. The family is together and you’re BITCHING about it?
— PlusCaChange (@PlusCaChan81828) September 2, 2026

A 9 months old was killed by an illegal 3 days ago in Jackson. You said nothing. Your buddy Andy Kim said nothing. Mikie Sherrill has said nothing. THIS is cruelty inflicted on the state - on the fucking country - by asshole Democrats like you.
— Lili von Shtupp (@LvS_Redux) September 1, 2026

Dad’s illegal. He doesn’t get a pass because he had a kid. It’s his fault, not our laws.
— jencie31 (@jencie3131) September 2, 2026

So, was he here illegally. Always with the emotional arguments to try to justify betraying the American people
— Brian Wilson (@brian4prez2028) September 1, 2026

Now let's expose your lies...... His father Victor Martinez Nieto entered the US illegally the first time in March 2022 when he was arrested in 2025 he accepted a voluntary deportation order, to which he was explained in Spanish the penalty for entering the US illegally again yet…
— S C Memolo (@SenseNotNoise) September 2, 2026

The post continues:

… that didn't deter him from returning with his child Liam sometime in 2025/2026.
When he was arrested by ICE a second time Liam's father asked that his son be kept with him and to avoid him becoming an unaccompanied minor and accepted a voluntary order of deportation in August 2026!
Sounds to me like his father took unnecessary risk and placed his and his son's future in jeopardy!

So the father entered illegally in 2022, was deported in 2025, and returned — with his son — in 2025 or 2026.

Maybe his parents shouldn’t have committed crimes and put their cute son in danger.
— Blayze Karp (@BlayzeKarp) September 1, 2026

Was the dad here illegally? If so, he’s got to go home. We believe in keeping families together. Bye, Liam. Safe travels. They play great soccer in Mexico.
— 🇺🇸💣Atom Bomb 💣🇺🇸 (@atom_jarvis) September 2, 2026

Yes, pretty cruel to do this to a child and I think the father who is responsible for this cruelty should have to pay.

Kids get detained all the time when their parents have outstanding warrants. It happens every day. It’s very sad. But the faulty party is not the police,
— Mike 🇺🇸 (@MichaelJames357) September 1, 2026

So an illegal alien was arrested. I suppose you'd prefer his child was abandoned alone on the side of the road. The rest of us realize the child had to be taken somewhere safe and turned over to family or returned to his home country with his dad.
— Catman (@Catman_70) September 2, 2026

"Oh, you smuggled your son in with you? By all means, stay. Immigration law doesn't apply to you."

I agree, @CoryBooker. It's really tragic when parents break the law and their kids suffer the consequences. Thankfully I.C.E. is helping to alleviate this problem.
— Darius Sharpe (@MurseDarius) September 2, 2026

100% agree with this post! What kind of parents would put their child in this situation! What’s wrong with these people. No child should have to go through this!
— James Reynolds (@realJamesR1982) September 2, 2026

He can go to school in his home country. That's not cruel. Your governing through emotion is getting tedious. You hack.
— jopr000 (@JoPr000) September 2, 2026

Dad was deported once and decided to sneak back in with his kid in tow. Now they're both back in Mexico, where Liam can go to school and play soccer.

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