Boy, 5, and father detained by ICE return to Minnesota after release

A five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota have returned home, a congressman has said.

Texas Representative Joaquin Castro, a Democrat, announced on Sunday that Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias were released from Dilley detention center in Texas and had travelled back to the city.

Castro said: "Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack."

The detainment of the pair sparked protests outside the detention facility where they were being held, and led to a national outcry.

Their return home comes after a US judge ordered their release on Saturday, condemning their detention as driven by a "perfidious lust for unbridled power".