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demmiblue

(39,426 posts)
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 10:57 AM Yesterday

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Joaquin Castro (@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social) 2026-02-01T15:49:14.422Z






Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam. We won’t stop until all children and families are home.

Joaquin Castro (@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social) 2026-02-01T15:49:36.797Z

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Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack. (Original Post) demmiblue Yesterday OP
So very nice. Thank you, Joaquin and Jasmine--two of the best in Congress! hlthe2b Yesterday #1
This is such good news... Spazito Yesterday #2
Great news!! Maybe, just maybe our pressure is working. bluestarone Yesterday #3
We cannot stop. bdamomma Yesterday #8
Thank God, bdamomma Yesterday #4
Did ICE pay for their flight back to Minneapolis? Emile Yesterday #5
AI doesn't know. I know there was a Go--Fund-Me womanofthehills Yesterday #13
We had pink pussy hats. murielm99 Yesterday #6
Protesters with Blue Bunny Hats, great idea! Emile Yesterday #15
Someone who crochets can make them murielm99 Yesterday #16
It really is a great idea, and would send a powerful Emile Yesterday #17
I am going to bring it up at my activist group Monday. murielm99 Yesterday #18
This hat is already out there on Etsy. murielm99 Yesterday #46
That is an inspired idea, Muriel!!! choie Yesterday #31
I'd buy and wear one. flashman13 Yesterday #40
I wonder when SOMEONE is kacekwl Yesterday #7
With this bdamomma Yesterday #10
when America decides it is something they want to vote for Takket Yesterday #22
Crying a bit here. sheshe2 Yesterday #9
BTW, that artwork is fire... I had to look it up! demmiblue Yesterday #11
That painting is fantastic! Sequoia Yesterday #42
What an inspiring letter. Thank you, representative Castro. question everything Yesterday #12
one down, thousands to go WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #14
Yes! This is proof it can be done now let's make em reunite all the families they tore apart..they have the budget Deuxcents Yesterday #19
A small but important victory in the dark times of fascism Takket Yesterday #20
Thanks all malaise Yesterday #21
Absolutely, malaise! calimary Yesterday #48
Liam looks like he's seen some shit. Efilroft Sul Yesterday #23
Yes his eyes show profound sadness Lifeafter70 Yesterday #36
His little fists holding those Pom Pom's Iris 21 hrs ago #53
The reason why it matters so much Maru Kitteh Yesterday #24
His brain (and consequently his heart and character) is in... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #33
Probably the most rewarding Congressional action Rep. Castro has ever taken Wild blueberry Yesterday #25
Thanks to all who helped make this happen. democrank Yesterday #26
Wow. That made me cry. Grim Chieftain Yesterday #27
Kick orangecrush Yesterday #28
He's going to need a lot of healing. choie Yesterday #29
Getting back home to parents, family and familiar surroundings FakeNoose Yesterday #39
Joaquin was my rep for many, many years. hamsterjill Yesterday #30
So happy for their little family!! Very Grateful for justice & love. ⚖️❤️⚖️ littlemissmartypants Yesterday #32
Such great news! highplainsdem Yesterday #34
Thank goodness--all those who have presented relentless pressure. pandr32 Yesterday #35
Anyone with minor children should be immune from deportation period MichMan Yesterday #37
One wonders about the trauma, the PTSD, and now a second generation niyad Yesterday #38
This is the face of MS-13! BidenRocks Yesterday #41
Look at that sweet little face. calimary Yesterday #49
No, it's not just you. stage left 21 hrs ago #54
Who's going to pay for all Faux pas Yesterday #43
That's very good news wendyb-NC Yesterday #44
I was worried about the hat and the backpack catrose Yesterday #45
Meanwhile they hold two more children from his school Historic NY Yesterday #47
Who is the photographer or citizen who took that iconic image? IcyPeas Yesterday #50
I want a blue bunny hat! SheltieLover Yesterday #51
Thank heavens! I'm so relieved. Laffy Kat Yesterday #52
Bunny hats are sold out!!! usonian 20 hrs ago #55

bdamomma

(69,310 posts)
8. We cannot stop.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:12 AM
Yesterday

There is truth to this" POWER IN NUMBERS!!!!!!!!

Such good news, what a cutie Liam is!!!

bdamomma

(69,310 posts)
4. Thank God,
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:07 AM
Yesterday

there are many more in detention camps like Liam and others who are US citizens that got to be freed. We cannot stop, reach out to your Reps and Senators now!!!!! Don't stop calling, the Democratic Leadership must hear from us!!!!!!

Aloso tell your Reps and Senators to RESCIND the Big Beautiful Bill, there is billions of dollars going to FUND ICE, we got to stop this. We got to keep on Senator Schumer and Rep Jeffries (who are not made for this moment) we deserve better!!!!

womanofthehills

(10,743 posts)
13. AI doesn't know. I know there was a Go--Fund-Me
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:19 AM
Yesterday

Some reports of the Go Fund Me say it’s over $350,000.

murielm99

(32,787 posts)
6. We had pink pussy hats.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:11 AM
Yesterday

Now it is time for blue bunny hats for everyone. Use them as a fundraiser.

bdamomma

(69,310 posts)
10. With this
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:15 AM
Yesterday

incompetent and disgusting regime, Whistleblowers and leaks will be coming out. Especially in those detention camps, ICE is raping women and doing other unspeakable things to men.

demmiblue

(39,426 posts)
11. BTW, that artwork is fire... I had to look it up!
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:16 AM
Yesterday




A true masterpiece of contemporary art, Mariachi and Astronaut, from the Astronaut Series by internationally acclaimed painter ABRAHAM MOJICA, now in the Krulevitch-Lopez Collection. The Krulevitch Lopez Family is one of the biggest and most highly regarded patrons of the arts in San Antonio.

https://www.facebook.com/LatinGrooveMusic/posts/a-true-masterpiece-of-contemporary-art-mariachi-and-astronaut-from-the-astronaut/1507576634708039/

Deuxcents

(25,910 posts)
19. Yes! This is proof it can be done now let's make em reunite all the families they tore apart..they have the budget
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:34 AM
Yesterday

Takket

(23,541 posts)
20. A small but important victory in the dark times of fascism
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:37 AM
Yesterday

if drumpf had his way, that boy would have vanished forever. But our system, as flawed as it is, stood up to him and returned this child home.

Efilroft Sul

(4,362 posts)
23. Liam looks like he's seen some shit.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:47 AM
Yesterday

He's a cute kid for sure, but his eyes have a seriousness to them that no five-year-old boy or girl should have.

Way to go, piggy Trump. Way. To. Go.

Lifeafter70

(799 posts)
36. Yes his eyes show profound sadness
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:31 PM
Yesterday

The rest of the children in dilly need to be released. No one should be held in those camps. We have a lot more work to do.

Maru Kitteh

(31,371 posts)
24. The reason why it matters so much
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:53 AM
Yesterday

Anyone who’s ever really known a five year old, you know how very deeply bonded they become to various objects and if those objects go missing the despair they feel is both genuine and intense. The stupid cruelty of taking these objects away from him was also genuine and intense.

littlemissmartypants

(32,593 posts)
33. His brain (and consequently his heart and character) is in...
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:22 PM
Yesterday

Probably the most important developmental phase there is in human growth. The explosion of neurological connections that take place around the age of five is exponentially expansive.

This experience could very well affect everything in his life in overwhelming ways for the rest of his life.

I deeply hope that they, he especially, get the medical and emotional support services that are no less deserved than necessary. America owes them.

We will never forget you, Liam. We love you. 💙🐰

FakeNoose

(40,618 posts)
39. Getting back home to parents, family and familiar surroundings
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:39 PM
Yesterday

That will help a lot!

hamsterjill

(17,163 posts)
30. Joaquin was my rep for many, many years.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:10 PM
Yesterday

I moved just outside of his District a few years ago. He is phenomenal.

I had a personal issue during COVID and contacted his office. They acted. They helped. I didn't get a voicemail when I called. I got a person. They talked to me and told me what they could and would do - and they did it.

littlemissmartypants

(32,593 posts)
32. So happy for their little family!! Very Grateful for justice & love. ⚖️❤️⚖️
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:14 PM
Yesterday

I'm so relieved.
Finally, some happy tears can fall.

💧💙🌞

Thanks, demmiblue. Love you.

pandr32

(13,890 posts)
35. Thank goodness--all those who have presented relentless pressure.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:30 PM
Yesterday

Now please, there are many more children to save.

niyad

(130,323 posts)
38. One wonders about the trauma, the PTSD, and now a second generation
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:35 PM
Yesterday

of children subjected to this terror. One wonders about the societal price we will be paying down the road.

BidenRocks

(2,923 posts)
41. This is the face of MS-13!
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:52 PM
Yesterday


If you're a brain addled racist piece of shit who exists to make everyone's life hell!

I AM YOUR RETRIBUTION!

We say, "Payback is a bitch"!

Welcome home Liam! We would like to apologize for what happened.

Naranja pendejo pedo did it!

Faux pas

(16,224 posts)
43. Who's going to pay for all
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:28 PM
Yesterday

the therapy for the family's PTSD????? Not the hump, for sure.

IcyPeas

(25,111 posts)
50. Who is the photographer or citizen who took that iconic image?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:58 PM
Yesterday

I did a search but that info doesn't come up.

Perhaps they want to be anonymous?

Laffy Kat

(16,889 posts)
52. Thank heavens! I'm so relieved.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:26 PM
Yesterday

I'd read that he's been sick and wasn't able to keep down any of that nasty food at the detention center. I was afraid we might lose him.

And he is just one child. I keep thinking about the others.

usonian

(24,013 posts)
55. Bunny hats are sold out!!!
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 12:36 AM
20 hrs ago

Found one source for Liam ice bunny hats. Sold out (surprise) KNITTERS???? Please step up.

https://grishko.com/product/liam-ramos-bunny-ice-hat/

Not a product endorsement/inducement to buy (because you can't)



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