Liam Ramos, 5 anni, arrestato dal ICE
Il testo dell'ordinanza del Giudice Fred Biery per la scarcerazione di Liam Conejo Ramos e di suo padre Adrian Arias, arrestati a Minneapolis dal ICE e trasferiti in un centro di detenzione per immigrati nel Texas.
Non è il classico testo in giudichese, ma un'autentica lezione di Storia della libertà dalla Costituzione americana.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO DIVISION
ADRIAN CONEJO ARIAS, and L.C.R., a Minor Child by and through His
Parent and Guardian Adrian Conejo Arias,
Petitioners,
VS. CIVIL CASE NO. SA-26-CV-415-FB
KRISTI NOEM, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security; PAMELA BONDI, in Her Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United States; TODD LYONS, in His Official
Capacity as Acting Director, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; DAREN MARGOLIN, in His Official Capacity as Acting Director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review; and JOHN DOE, in His Official Capacity as the Warden of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Dilley, Texas, Respondents.
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
Before the Court is the petition of asylum seeker Adrian Conejo Arias and his five-year-old son for protection of the Great Writ of habeas corpus. They seek nothing more than some modicum of due 1 process and the rule of law.
The government has responded. The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children. This Court and others regularly send undocumented people to prison and orders them deported but do so by proper legal
procedures.
Ex parte Bollman, 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 75 (1807); Sir William W. Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of 1
England (1765-1769); see also Magna Carta, Article 39.
Apparent also is the government's ignorance of an American historical document called the
Declaration of Independence.
Thirty-three-year-old Thomas Jefferson enumerated grievances against a would-be authoritarian king over our nascent nation. Among others were:
1. "He has sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People."
2. "He has excited domestic Insurrection among us.”
3. "For quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us."
4. "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies without the consent
of our Legislatures."
"We the people" are hearing echos of that history.
And then there is that pesky inconvenience called the Fourth Amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and persons or things to be seized.
U.S. CONST. amend. IV.
Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse.
The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.
Accordingly, the Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R.
The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED pursuant to the attached Judgment.
Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled
power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And
the rule of law be damned.
Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of January, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dovrebbe essere normale per un giudice emettere sentenze in base al rispetto dei diritti costituzionali.
Ma le cronache di Minneapolis, gli omicidi di Alex Pretti e Renee Good e ancor più i tentativi di nasconderli con menzogne e teoremi polizieschi, dimostrano che non c'è più nulla di normale nel livello di crudeltà e follia repressiva che si sta manifestando nell'autoritarismo trumpiano.
Il comportamento del giudice federale Fred Biery dovrebbe essere la normalità e invece assume le dimensioni di eroismo, un eroe che sfida la violenta arroganza del potere per affermare diritti di umanità e libertà che furono anche all'origine della nascita degli Stati Uniti d'America.
Il deputato democratico Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) ha annunciato in un post di domenica mattina di aver riaccompagnato padre e figlio in Minnesota.
"Liam ora è a casa", ha scritto. "Con il suo cappello e il suo zaino."
Ieri, Liam, di cinque anni, e suo padre Adrian sono stati rilasciati dal centro di detenzione di Dilley.
Li ho ripresi ieri sera e li ho accompagnati in Minnesota stamattina. Liam ora è a casa. Con il suo cappello e il suo zaino.
Grazie a tutti coloro che hanno chiesto la libertà per Liam. Non ci fermeremo finché tutti i bambini e le famiglie non saranno tornati a casa.