Photo: Ali Daniels/AP
Photo: Ali Daniels/AP

Politics

I Recognize the Look on Liam Ramos’s Face

The 5-year-old was briefly held at Dilley, where families are sent after ICE roundups.

First published in The Atlantic on March 10, 2026.

by Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic
March 12, 2026 | reading time: 10 Min.

When the first photo of 5-year-old Liam Ramos went viral in January, it became an instant symbol of the Trump administration’s mass-deportation campaign: his blue bunny hat, his Spider-Man backpack, his hunched shoulders, his scared eyes as ICE detained him and his father outside their home in a Minneapolis suburb.

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