The scenario in Minnesota has remained grim within the wake of the brazen killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent, and has now taken a darkish flip. A preschool boy by the identify of Liam Ramos was detained by ICE alongside along with his father, reportedly one in every of 4 schoolchildren to be swept up within the widespread immigration sweep.

MPR Information shared a report highlighting feedback made by Columbia Heights Public Faculty Superintendent Zena Stenvik, who defined that brokers have apprehended 4 college students from the district in 4 separate incidents over the previous two weeks.

In a maneuver that has come below hearth, the case linked to Liam Ramos, 5, concerned the brokers utilizing him as bait to knock on the door of his residence to see if anybody else was residence that they may detain of their sweep.

“Why detain a 5-year-old? You’ll be able to’t inform me that this baby goes to be labeled as a violent legal,” Stenvik stated at a Wednesday press convention.

“One other grownup residing within the residence was outdoors and begged the brokers to let him deal with the small baby, and was refused,” Stenvik added.

In response to Stenvik, brokers eliminated Ramos from a automotive that was nonetheless operating and had him go as much as the door of his residence as brokers waited. The daddy and baby had been then despatched to Texas.

An lawyer for the household stated that whereas the actions of the brokers will not be totally unlawful, he did point out that it raises questions of morality. Stenvik additionally stated that the household of Ramos has an lively asylum case, and their lawyer says the household has adopted all immigration legal guidelines to the letter.

The outlet added in its reporting that among the many three different college students who had been detained, all had been below the age of 18, with the one two listed ages being a 17-year-old and a 10-year-old.

The household’s lawyer says they’re not precisely certain the place Ramos and his father are being held. ]

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Picture: Supply: Columbia Heights Public Colleges