2026年4月1日 / 美国东部时间下午6:30 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
联邦政府可能会试图将5岁的利亚姆·科内霍·拉莫斯重新送回羁押场所。
美国司法部周三在得克萨斯州联邦法院提交上诉通知，对1月份的一项裁决提出异议。该裁决下令将这名5岁的明尼苏达州居民和他的父亲阿德里安·科内霍·阿里亚斯从移民拘留设施中释放。今年早些时候，这对父子在明尼阿波利斯地区的一次打击行动中被美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）官员拘留，此事引发了全国关注。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获得的这份上诉文件将诉讼提交至美国第五巡回上诉法院。如果政府上诉成功，两人可能会再次被羁押。
“他们第一次上门找我们是不公正的，第二次也是不公正的。我们不会屈服于他们的恐吓，”阿德里安·科内霍·阿里亚斯通过他的律师丹妮尔·莫利弗对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻说道。他还向全球各地为他们发声声援的人们表达了感谢，称“感谢所有继续支持和关爱我们的人”。
美国国土安全部未立即回应置评请求。
政府正在就美国地区法官弗雷德·比里的裁决提起上诉。比里法官在认定这对父子的宪法权利受到侵犯后，下令将他们释放。比里称他们被羁押是“对肆意权力的背信弃义的渴求”的结果，并表示此案“起源于政府为达成每日驱逐配额而进行的考虑不周且执行拙劣的追捕行动，哪怕这会给儿童造成心理创伤也在所不惜”。
除了释放令之外，政府的上诉还涵盖了“批准该请愿书所依据的所有意见、裁决、认定、结论、判决和命令”。
科内霍的遭遇——以及那张5岁男孩站在自家屋外、头戴蓝色兔子帽、背着蜘蛛侠背包、身边围着移民执法人员的照片——成为了明尼阿波利斯“地铁突袭行动”下严苛打击政策的象征。
利亚姆·科内霍·拉莫斯于1月20日在明尼阿波利斯郊区从幼儿园回家后，被美国移民和海关执法局官员拘留。阿里·丹尼尔斯 / 美联社
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻报道了科内霍被拘留对其所在明尼阿波利斯郊区小学的影响，当时该校有24个家庭的子女或父母被拘留。谷景小学校长杰森·库尔曼对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，1月底科内霍仍被羁押期间，他很担心孩子的健康状况。
“他的朋友们都注意到他没来上学。后来这件事登上了媒体，他们在电视上看到了他的脸，”库尔曼说道。“这该怎么解释呢？当你班上少了一个同学的时候。你该怎么跟一个5岁的孩子解释这件事？”
哥伦比亚高地学区的一名发言人向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻证实，这名5岁儿童已经重返课堂，他的家人希望确保他在重新适应校园生活时不会被其他学生区别对待。
社区成员指控移民和海关执法局官员利用利亚姆作为“诱饵”，让他的母亲开门，随后拘留了他的父亲，科内霍的案件因此引发公愤。
时任国土安全部发言人翠西·麦克劳克林回应了有关这张科内霍站在自家门前的 viral 照片的质疑，称他的父亲“徒步逃跑，抛弃了自己的孩子。为了孩子的安全，我们的一名ICE官员留下来陪同孩子，其他官员则去逮捕科内霍·阿里亚斯”。
国土安全部的声明补充道：“我们的官员多次尝试让屋内的涉案母亲出来接管孩子。官员们甚至向她保证，她不会被……拘留。但涉案母亲拒绝接管孩子。父亲告诉官员，他希望孩子留在他身边。”
3月底公布的机场监控视频显示，科内霍和他的父亲在1月20日被拘留后，由联邦特工护送乘坐达美航空从明尼阿波利斯飞往德克萨斯州的航班。
3月份，一名移民法官驳回了这家人的庇护申请，使他们面临被驱逐的风险。他们的律师正在就该裁决提起上诉，但政府针对释放令的上诉挑战了比里法官裁决中提供的一项有限保护措施，即如果他们再次被羁押，必须获得保释听证会。
Federal government appealing order releasing 5-year-old from immigration custody
April 1, 2026 / 6:30 PM EDT / CBS News
The federal government may try to send 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos back to detention.
The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal Wednesday in federal court in Texas, challenging a January ruling that freed the 5-year-old Minnesota resident and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, from an immigration detention facility. The father and son were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during a crackdown in the Minneapolis area earlier this year, drawing nationwide attention.
The filing, obtained by CBS News, takes the fight to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. If the government succeeds, the two could find themselves back in detention.
“The first time they came for us it was unjust. The second time they came for us is unjust. We are not giving into their fear,” Adrian Conejo Arias told CBS News through his attorney, Danielle Molliver. He also sent a message of gratitude to people around the world who have advocated on their behalf, saying, “Thank you to all those who continue to support and love us.”
The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The government is appealing a ruling by U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, who ordered the father and son released after finding their constitutional rights had been violated. Biery called their detention the product of a “perfidious lust for unbridled power” and said the case had its “genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.”
In addition to the release order, the government’s appeal extends to “all opinions, rulings, findings, conclusions, judgments, and orders on which the grant of the Petition is based.”
Conejo’s story — and the image of a 5-year-old standing outside his home wearing a blue bunny hat and a Spiderman backpack while surrounded by immigration agents — became a symbol of the harsh crackdown under Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis.
Liam Conejo Ramosis detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers after arriving home from preschool on Jan. 20 in a Minneapolis suburb. Ali Daniels / AP
CBS News documented the impact of Conejo’s detention at his elementary school in a Minneapolis suburb, where 24 families had children or parents detained at the time. Valley View Elementary Principal Jason Kuhlman told CBS News he was worried about Conejo’s health while he remained in detention in late January.
“His friends notice that he’s not here. Then when it hit the media, they start seeing his face on TV,” Kuhlman said. “It’s like, how do you explain that? When you start missing someone out of your classroom. How do you have that conversation with a 5-year-old?”
A spokesperson for the Columbia Heights School District confirmed to CBS News that the 5-year-old was back in the classroom and his family wanted to make sure he wasn’t singled out over the rest of the students as he re-adapted.
Conejo’s case drew outrage after community members alleged ICE agents had used him as “bait” to have his mother open the door of their home after agents detained his father.
Then-DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin responded to questions about the viral photo of Conejo in front of his home, saying his father “fled on foot—abandoning his child. For the child’s safety, one of our ICE officers remained with the child while the other officers apprehended Conejo Arias.”
The DHS statement added, “Our officers made multiple attempts to get the alleged mother who was inside the house to take custody of her child. Officers even assured her she would NOT be taken … into custody. The alleged mother refused to accept custody of the child. The father told officers he wanted the child to remain with him.”
Airport surveillance video released in late March shows images of Conejo and his father being escorted by federal agents to a Delta flight from Minneapolis to Texas after their Jan. 20 detention.
In March, an immigration judge denied the family’s asylum claim, leaving them eligible for deportation. Their attorneys are appealing that decision, but the government’s appeal to their release challenges a narrow protection provided in Biery’s order, that if they were re-detained, they must receive a bond hearing.
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