MPRNews: The Columbia Heights Public School district says federal agents have detained four of its students in four separate incidents over the last two weeks. One child is a 5-year old boy who attends a district elementary school and was used as “bait” to draw family members out of their home.⁠ Agents took Liam Conejo Ramos and his dad and sent them to Texas.
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“Why detain a 5-year-old? You can’t tell me that this child is going to be classified as a violent criminal,” Zena Stenvik, the Columbia Heights superintendent, told reporters Wednesday.⁠

Stenvik said Liam’s family has an “active asylum case” with no deportation orders.
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Liam’s teacher Ella Sullivan was in visible tears during the announcement that Liam had been taken away. “He’s a bright young student, and he’s so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him, and all I want is for him to be safe and back here,” Sullivan said.