Bomb Threat Cleared In Detained 5-Year-Old's Minnesota School District
Local police cleared bomb threats in the Minneapolis-area school district where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was detained by federal agents, and said students here are good to return to class on Tuesday.
“No suspicious packages or devices were located,” the Columbia Heights police department said in a statement. “The police department is working with other law enforcement agencies to continue the investigation into the source of the threats.”
Earlier Monday, staff from multiple Columbia Heights Public Schools received emailed bomb threats. School officials canceled classes for the day as local police investigated.
The threats came a day after Ramos and his father returned home after being inexplicably held in a Texas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. The pre-schooler's detention drew international attention, in part because the image of Ramos being held by ICE agents was devastating, and in part because his father is in the country legally and has no criminal record.
Ramos may be home, but three other kids from his school are still locked up in the same Texas ICE facility he just left. Two other students from his school district are being held in the Texas detention center, too, as ICE continues terrorizing brown and Black families in this Minneapolis suburb.
“Columbia Heights Public Schools is so happy that Liam and his father have returned home to be reunified with his mother, brother and our community,” the school district said in a statement.
“Liam's release is an important development, and we hope it will lead to positive developments for other families as well, including our other four students who are being held at the Dilley facility in Texas," the statement reads. "We want all children to be released from detention centers and hope for the reunification of families who have been unjustly separated.”
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