ICE kidnapped a five-year-old boy and used him as bait to lure his parents out of their home, according to officials at the boy’s preschool. ICE denies this, but ICE has a documented history of lying and using “ruses” to lure people into detention. The boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father were kidnapped and sent to Dilley detention center in Texas. Even when ICE officials dispute some details, they don’t bother to deny that their intention was to break up a family and deport a child after his day at pre-school.

Immigrant families, themselves being held in detention at Dilley, staged a protest on Saturday including signs that read “Libertad para los ninos!” (free the kids!). To quote the AP article linked above:

“‘The message we want to send is for them to treat us with dignity… We’re immigrants, with children’… Maria Alejandra Montoya Sanchez, 31, told the AP in a phone interview from the facility after the demonstration. She and her 9-year-old daughter have been held at Dilley since October.”

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)