Judge orders release of five-year-old detained by ICE in Minneapolis

A federal judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father from a Texas immigration detention facility, criticizing the government's pursuit of deportation quotas that traumatize children. The pair, who came to the United States seeking asylum in 2024, were apprehended at their Minneapolis home during an immigration enforcement operation that sparked widespread public criticism. The judge's ruling called the detention inhumane and accused authorities of displaying a "perfidious lust for unbridled power.