A five-year-old boy, wearing a blue tuque with droopy ears, carrying a Spider-Man backpack, was reportedly apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in his Columbia Heights driveway on Tuesday. Liam Ramos was essentially used "as bait," said Columbia Heights Public Schools (CHPS) Superintendent Zena Stenvik in a statement Wednesday. Columbia Heights is a suburb of Minneapolis, where a massive immigration crackdown has seen thousands of officers sent into the Twin Cities. Liam Ramos is seen reportedly being detained by ICE in Columbia Heights, Minn., outside his home on Tuesday. In her statement, Stenvik said the family "is following U.S. legal parameters" and has an active asylum case with no order of deportation.

Source: CBC News January 22, 2026 16:34 UTC