Delta Air Lines under fire for January flight sending 5-year-old Liam Ramos to immigration detention

By: Katelyn Vue

Outlets: Sahan Journal

Published: March 27, 2026

Words: 401

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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Several advocacy groups are demanding answers from Delta Air Lines after a video circulated on social media showing 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father boarding a Delta flight in January for Texas, where they were bound for a detention center.

Ramos was detained by federal immigration agents in Columbia Heights on Jan. 20 alongside his father, Adrian Conejo Arias. Ramos and his family had fled Ecuador due to violent crime and entered the …

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