Five-year-old still haunted by ice detention, parents reveal

The image of Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old boy clutching a blue bunny hat and a school backpack, as he was taken into ICE custody remains seared in the American consciousness. Now, two months after the ordeal, his parents say the trauma lingers, leaving a child deeply scarred by a system meant to enforce laws, not shatter families.

A shadow of the boy he was

Adrián Conejo Arias and Erika Ramos, in their first public interview, paint a picture of a son irrevocably changed. Liam, once a vibrant and playful child, now exhibits signs of profound psychological distress.