Attorneys for the Trump administration want to deport Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old boy. His picture in a bunny hat went viral after his detention in Minneapolis during a tough immigration sweep. Liam was taken with his father and held in a Texas family detention center. They returned to Minnesota recently. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Friday it seeks a deportation order for Liam, who is Ecuadorian. The DHS denied any rush in removing Liam and his father after their family's lawyer told the New York Times it seemed expedited. Lawyer Danielle Molliver called the government's action "extraordinary" and possibly "retaliatory." Liam and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, entered the US legally seeking asylum. They were released from detention on January 31. The government wants to end their asylum claims, said MPR News. Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro have been fighting for the family. DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said, "These are regular removal proceedings. They are not in expedited removal. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws." Castro, who helped Liam and his father back to Minnesota, said on X that the administration is "trying to take" the child again. He wrote, "Liam Ramos, 5, spent ten days in a Texas trailer prison. He got sick, missed his mother and school, and was afraid of the guards. Millions prayed, spoke up, and offered to do whatever they could to see him go home. But now, the Trump administration is trying to take him again. They are breaking legal precedent in an attempt to break this boy’s spirit and all of the Americans who are praying for him." Lawyers for the Ramos family said they will challenge any wrong decisions in immigration court to protect their clients. Liam's case highlights the Trump administration's rise in detaining minors. From January to October 2025, ICE booked about 3,800 minors into family detention, some as young as one or two years old, according to a Guardian report from Deportation Data Project records. More than 2,600 of these children were caught within the country, not at the border. Reuters contributed to this report.