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Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father have been released from a US immigration detention facility, following an order by a judge who accused ICE agents of traumatising children as they pursue the Trump administration’s deportation quotas.

SAN ANTONIO — A 5-year-old boy and his father must be released by Tuesday from the Texas center where they’ve been held after being detained by immigration officers in Minnesota, a federal judge ordered Saturday in a ruling that harshly criticized the Trump administration’s approach to enforcement.

Images of Liam Conejo Ramos, with a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack being surrounded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, have been a rallying point in the outcry over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. It also led to a protest at the Texas family detention center and a visit by two Democratic members of Congress.

U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, an appointee of President Clinton, said in his ruling that “the case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.”

Biery had previously ruled that the boy and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, could not be removed from the U.S., at least for now.

In his order Saturday, Biery wrote: “Apparent also is the government’s ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence,” suggesting the Trump administration’s actions echo those that Thomas Jefferson enumerated as grievances against England.

Biery also included in his ruling a photo of Liam Conejo Ramos and references to two lines in the Bible: “Jesus said, ’Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these,’” and “Jesus Wept.”

He’s not the only federal judge who has been tough on ICE recently. A Minnesota-based judge with a conservative pedigree said this week that ICE had disobeyed nearly 100 court orders in the last month.

Stephen Miller, the White House chief of staff for policy, has said there’s a target of 3,000 immigration arrests a day. It’s that figure that the judge seemed to describe as a “quota.”

Spokespersons from the departments of Justice and Homeland Security did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

Neighbors and school officials say that federal immigration officers in Minnesota used the preschooler as “bait” by telling him to knock on the door to his house so that his mother would answer. The Department of Homeland Security has called that description of events an “abject lie.” It said the father ran off and left the boy in a running vehicle in their driveway.

The government says the elder Arias entered the U.S. illegally in December 2024. The family’s lawyer says he has a pending asylum claim that allows him to remain in the country.

During a visit Wednesday to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, by U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett, the boy slept in the arms of his father, who said Liam was frequently tired and not eating well at the detention facility housing about 1,100 people, according to Castro.

Detained families report poor conditions including worms in food, fighting for clean water, and poor medical care at the detention center since its reopening last year. In December, a report filed by ICE acknowledged it held about 400 children longer than the recommended limit of 20 days.

The Testaments is a new TV series and a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, and it will be released in the UK soon

The Testaments stands as one of 2026’s most anticipated new series, serving as a follow-up to the award-winning dystopian thriller The Handmaid’s Tale featuring Elisabeth Moss.

Drawing from Margaret Atwood’s literary works, this long-awaited continuation takes inspiration from the 2019 novel bearing the same title, which emerged 34 years following the original masterpiece.

With Ann Dowd returning as Aunt Lydia, the programme boasts a fresh all-star ensemble including Chase Infiniti, the breakout talent from One Battle After Another, portraying Agnes Mackenzie, June Osborne’s (played by Moss) missing daughter.

Taking place five years beyond The Handmaid’s Tale’s concluding episode in a grim portrayal of America’s future, this coming-of-age narrative chronicles young women as they traverse their harsh new existence.

However, when might British audiences get to view the series? Here’s what we’ve gathered so far.

When will The Testaments

Disney+ revealed this week that the series will debut in the UK on Wednesday, 8th April exclusively via the streaming service.

Initially, three episodes will drop, with subsequent instalments arriving weekly.

The opening season comprises 10 episodes, positioning the concluding episode to broadcast on Wednesday, 27th May. Alongside lead performers Dowd and Infiniti, the cast will feature Lucy Halliday, Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya and Kira Guloien.

Showrunner and executive producer Bruce Miller is making his comeback, alongside The Handmaid’s Tale actress Moss, though her reprisal of June remains unconfirmed.

The official synopsis states: “The series follows young teens Agnes, dutiful and pious, and Daisy, a new arrival and convert from beyond Gilead’s borders.

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“As they navigate the gilded halls of Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, a place where obedience is instilled brutally and always with divine justification, their bond becomes the catalyst that will upend their past, their present, and their future.”

Whether The Testaments will secure a second series remains unclear.

The Testaments launches Wednesday, 8th April on Disney+.