Liam Ramos, 5, is detained by ICE in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, outside of his home. Courtesy Columbia Heights Public Schools

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a 5-year-old on his way home from school on Tuesday and used him as “bait” to knock on his front door to see if anyone was home, according to school officials in Minnesota. 

Liam Conejo Ramos, a preschooler, is one of at least four children from the Columbia Heights Public Schools district in suburban Minneapolis who have been detained this month, Zena Stenvik, the superintendent for the district, said in a press conference Wednesday. 

“Why detain a 5-year-old?” Stenvik asked. “You can’t tell me that this child is going to be classified as a violent criminal.”

Liam and his father were arriving home on Tuesday when ICE agents approached them and detained the father, according to a recounting of the incident by school officials. In situations where a parent is being detained and a child is........

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