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❤️ Liam Is Home—And a Federal Judge Just Called This Cruelty What It Is

“Perfidious lust for unbridled power.” “Imposition of cruelty.” A blistering ruling orders Liam and his dad released.

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Shaun King
Feb 01, 2026
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Liam is home.

A five-year-old boy who never should have been pulled into federal immigration custody is back in Minnesota—safe, with his dad, with his little hat and his backpack, in the only place he belongs: in a normal life.

But today, the real development isn’t just that Liam is home.

It’s that a federal judge looked at what the government did to this …

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