MINNEAPOLIS — An immigration judge has denied the asylum claim of the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy photographed in a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack as he was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown that shook Minneapolis earlier this year, a family lawyer said.
They were ordered deported to Ecuador, she said.
The boy and his father, Adrián Conejo Arias, who is from Ecuador, were taken into custody in a Minneapolis suburb on Jan. 20 and held for 10 days in a Texas detention center before a judge ordered them released.
The family’s lawyers are appealing the ruling by Judge John Burns.
“We’re just gravely disappointed in the judge’s misguided decision,” said Danielle Molliver. “We’re committed to the family and we’ll fight the appeal, obviously, the best that we can.”
An appeal could take years to move through the courts, though Molliver said she expected the government to push for
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