Top Homeland Security officials hit back Friday at viral claims that a 5-year-old boy was arrested and then used a “bait” for ICE to detain his mom in Minnesota earlier this week. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) head Marcos Charles said that the little boy,

DHS released an image of a father who authorities said abandoned 5-year-old son while fleeing ICE agents in Minneapolis. Officials say family refused child.

Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, was taken into custody along with his father on Tuesday.

The 5-year-old immigrant boy taken into ICE custody alongside his father in Minnesota has an active immigration case and cannot be legally deported yet, records reviewed by CBS News indicate.

"Why detain a 5-year-old? You cannot tell me that this child is going to be classified as a violent criminal,” said Columbia Heights Public Schools Superintendent Zena Stenvik

Liam Ramos and his father were detained by ICE agents whilst the five-year-old was making his way home from school

Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, was taken into custody along with his father on Tuesday.

A 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents from the driveway of his metro Minneapolis home Tuesday after returning from preschool is being held with his father at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas,

A public school district north of Minneapolis said ICE agents detained four of its students in recent weeks, including a 5-year-old.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, the child and his father were taken to a detention center in Texas.