An ICE agent holds onto the backpack of Valley View Elementary student Liam Conejo Ramos, as he is being detained on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in a photo provided by Columbia Heights school officials. Credit: Ali Daniels

Labor union leaders and the nonprofit, MN50501, are hosting a 10 a.m. virtual press conference Friday via Zoom to request a meeting with airline officials and to deliver a letter of demands. MN50501 is a volunteer-run advocacy group focused on democracy through community action. Some of the labor unions organizing the news conference include the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Minnesota’s Hospitality Union and the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation. 

Nick Benson, a member of MN50501, said he filed a public records request with the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Police Department and obtained video footage of Ramos and his father boarding the Delta flight.

“They need to use their power and influence for good so we don’t have instances like Liam’s where families are getting sent to detention centers,” he said of Delta Air Lines. “It’s completely ridiculous.”

Delta Air Lines did not return a message Thursday seeking comment. 

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