Judge blocks ICE from deporting or transferring 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred federal immigration officials from deporting 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father or transferring them away from the Texas region where they're currently held.

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred federal immigration officials from deporting 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father or transferring them away from the Texas region where they're currently held.

Liam and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Ramos, were taken into custody in Minnesota earlier this month as part of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation captured on videos and photos that sparked outrage. Images that garnered national attention depicted Liam wearing a blue bunny hat and his school backpack. 

The two are currently detained at the Dilley ICE detention center, a facility in Texas designed to house immigrant families with underage children who have been accused of violating federal immigration law.

CBS News exclusively reported last week that the government could not immediately deport Liam and his father, because they have pending immigration court cases that have not been fully adjudicated.

In his order Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery blocked any attempt to deport the family "until further order from this Court." He also prohibited ICE from transferring the son and father from the Western District of Texas "during the pendency of this litigation and until further Order of this Court."