A US judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father from an immigration detention centre in Texas, condemning it as driven by a perfidious lust for unbridled power. The detention of Liam Conejo Ramos, photographed wearing a blue bunny-shaped hat and a Spider-Man backpack, sparked national outcry after he was taken into custody on the driveway of his home in Minneapolis. The child's father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, was also detained. Following the outrage over the pre-schooler's detention, immigration officials said they did not target a child but were conducting an operation against his father, an illegal alien who abandoned his son when approached. On Saturday, US District Judge Fred Biery granted an emergency request from the family's lawyer, ordering government officials to release the father and son by 3 February. Biery included a photo of Ramos in his fluffy blue hat in his ruling, highlighting the child's vulnerable situation. The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatising children, he stated. The judge called for deportations to occur in a more orderly and humane manner. The BBC has contacted the Department of Homeland Security for comment. This incident is part of a broader national conversation on immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump, who has intensified operations in cities like Minneapolis.