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5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, detained by ICE in his Spider-Man backpack, becomes the heartbreaking face of US immigration crackdowns as a Congressman reports the child is "depressed" in custody.

In a chilling tableau of the modern American immigration crackdown, 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos sits in a detention center in Texas, "depressed and sad," detained for the crime of existing. His story has pierced the political noise to expose the raw cruelty of a system that treats kindergartners as collateral damage.
Liam was not caught jumping a fence in the desert; he was snatched by ICE agents in Minneapolis while coming home from preschool, still wearing his blue bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack. The "So What?" transcends borders: it is a universal question of human rights. When a state's security apparatus is deployed to detain a child for "baiting" his mother out of a house, as alleged by school officials, the line between law enforcement and moral bankruptcy has been crossed.
Congressman Joaquin Castro, who visited the pair at the Dilley detention facility, painted a grim picture. "He hasn't been himself... he's been sleeping a lot because he has been depressed," Liam's father, Adrian, told the lawmaker. The boy was asleep during the visit—an exhaustion born of trauma, not play.
The Trump administration's "targeted operation" defense rings hollow against the image of a child in custody. [...](asc_slot://start-slot-11)While a federal judge has temporarily blocked their deportation, Liam and his father remain in limbo. The Department of Homeland Security claims the father "abandoned" the child by fleeing on foot—a narrative fiercely contested by the family's lawyers and witnesses.
For the thousands of Kenyan diaspora in the US, this story strikes a nerve of fear. It reinforces the reality that under the current climate, documentation is the only shield, and even that may not protect your dignity.
Liam Ramos is just one of 1,100 people at Dilley, but his Spider-Man backpack has become a symbol. It reminds us that policy decisions made in Washington offices end up in the nightmares of 5-year-olds sleeping in detention cells.
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