Five-year-old boy detained by ICE days before starting kindergarten

• Federal immigration agents detained five-year-old Liam Tadeo and his father, Victor Martinez Nieto, during an August 16 traffic stop in Austin, Texas.
• The father and son are currently held at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, pending removal.
• Democratic Representative Greg Casar called for the immediate release of Liam Tadeo and the closure of the Dilley detention facility.
• The Department of Homeland Security stated that Martinez Nieto reentered the U.S. illegally after accepting voluntary departure earlier in the year.
• The arrest comes amid a surge in ICE enforcement under the Trump administration, which recorded over 43,000 arrests in July alone.

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Another 5-year-old boy named Liam detained by ICE on the way to soccer game, family says