Today’s Catch Up
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Judge orders release of 5-year-old detained by immigration authorities in Minnesota
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery said in a scathing court order that the Trump administration must release Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrián Alexander Conejo Arias, by Tuesday.
The father and son were taken into custody by immigration authorities on Jan. 20, as the child was on his way home from preschool. The pair have since been detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.
No REAL ID yet? You can still fly, but it may cost $45 without another form of accepted ID
Beginning Sunday, air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, are subject to a new fee.
It isn’t a penalty or a fine — it’s payment for noncompliant travelers to use the Transportation Security Administration’s new alternate identity verification option called ConfirmID. But the process takes extra time, and paying the fee doesn’t guarantee you’ll make your flight.
