It was January 22 when Rep. Ilhan Omar posted that ICE had just detained a five-year-old. Actually, ICE agents stayed with the child after his illegal alien father abandoned him and took off on foot. It was reported that ICE took the boy home, but his mother refused to open the door to take her son while there were ICE agents outside. The boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, best known for wearing a hat with bunny ears, was sent with his father to an ICE detention facility in Texas. On January 31, a judge ordered Liam and his father freed.
On Friday, HuffPost's Jennifer Bendery reported that Ramos' asylum hearing had been expedited and moved up to Friday morning, "meaning it's possible the 5-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today." Rep. Joaquin Castro claimed "the Trump administration is trying to take him away again."
HAPPENING NOW: DHS expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the 5-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) February 6, 2026
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." https://t.co/BpzvmISrCn
Ramos' parents, originally from Ecuador, were set for their asylum hearing in late Feb. DHS abruptly moved it up to THIS MORNING.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) February 6, 2026
They are not in the U.S. illegally and have no criminal record. DHS is simply trying to end their asylum claims.
All asylum hearings should be moved up. Let's get this done.
From DHS on why they abruptly expedited Ramos' asylum hearing:
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) February 6, 2026
“These are regular removal proceedings. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. He will receive full due process."
(This is not standard procedure.)
UPDATE: The court granted Ramos' family a continuance at today’s asylum hearing, per school officials.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) February 6, 2026
"Today’s ruling provides additional time and with that, continued uncertainty for a child and his family," says Zena Stenvik, superintendent of Columbia Heights public schools.
I don't know what happens next, but Liam and his family are not being deported today.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) February 6, 2026
So, the family was given more time by the court to prove its asylum claim, and the boy and his family received due process. You'd think that would make the Left happy, but no.
Why would determining if he gets asylum sooner rather than later be retaliatory?
— Gene Knights (@GeneKnights) February 7, 2026
Expedited Due Process! Great news; as they say, justice delayed is justice denied.
— Frank Drebin (@Lekowitz) February 7, 2026
He has an asylum claim. Why don’t you want him to get his due process right away? I don’t understand. It’s almost like you really don’t want to process and you just want illegal aliens to stay here forever. https://t.co/RMiBw0Ws1v
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) February 7, 2026
Why wait until 2037 for your asylum hearing when you can have it tomorrow?
— BocaDuke (@BocaDuk3) February 7, 2026
They do not want due process unless the outcome is predetermined in their favor.
— bob from the houston area (@rugasco1) February 7, 2026
Because it’s a bullshit non valid claim. He’s from Ecuador. They went through 8 other countries to get here because they want free welfare
— Christina Van Patten (@CPatten58581) February 7, 2026
This is the way. Flood the zone with asylum hearings so crazy judges can’t complain about due process.
— Happy in FL (@HappyLifeFL) February 7, 2026
They deserve due process.
— Gaeta1986 🍊 (@jameslaura86) February 7, 2026
They get due process
Not like that!!
"No not that kind of due process, the kind we can stretch out forever so nobody we brought illegally ever has to leave!"
— BayneApu (@BaneApu) February 7, 2026
This is awesome! Expedited due process! What more could you ask for?
— D (@dgr_874) February 7, 2026
Jennifer … is this not the due process so many seek? He has a hearing. If it goes one way… the family stays. If another, they return. They appear. Case is considered. Outcome determined. 🤷🏻
— Brian Hart (@BrianHart261940) February 7, 2026
No, they want their asylum hearings put off for at least a decade so they can settle in and then skip court when the time finally comes.
Why did Bendery never mention that the family's asylum claim could have been approved as early as Friday? Does she know something we don't?
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