{"id":2562824,"date":"2026-02-02T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clinton-judge-releases-boy-5-and-his-father-from-ice-detention-makes-mistake-so-bad-on-order-this-may-be-the-first-time-its-ever-recorded-4\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T22:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:03:10","slug":"clinton-judge-releases-boy-5-and-his-father-from-ice-detention-makes-mistake-so-bad-on-order-this-may-be-the-first-time-its-ever-recorded-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clinton-judge-releases-boy-5-and-his-father-from-ice-detention-makes-mistake-so-bad-on-order-this-may-be-the-first-time-its-ever-recorded-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinton Judge Releases Boy, 5, and His Father from ICE Detention, Makes Mistake So Bad on Order This May Be the First Time It&#8217;s Ever Recorded"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">52<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclinton-judge-releases-boy-5-and-his-father-from-ice-detention-makes-mistake-so-bad-on-order-this-may-be-the-first-time-its-ever-recorded-4%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2562824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Texas federal judge, Fred Biery (a Clinton appointee), ordered the release of a 5-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father from an ICE detention facility, a decision that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >drew intense national attention amid ongoing tensions<\/a> over immigration enforcement.The article highlights a conspicuous error in the order\u2014\u201cSIGNED, this 31st day of February, 2026\u201d\u2014and a mentioned photo of the boy, wich sparked mockery and scrutiny from critics, including Fox News\u2019 Bill Melugin.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The ruling occurred as part of heightened scrutiny of federal immigration policy and enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Biery\u2019s opinion included sharp language toward federal law enforcement, including a claim that administrative warrants lack probable cause and a call for an autonomous judicial officer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Melugin criticized Biery for apparent activist leanings, including liking a post protesting President Trump, arguing that federal judges should be nonpartisan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-forced-to-admit-trumps-efforts-have-already-had-a-huge-impact-on-housing-affordability-2\/\" title=\"CNN Forced to Admit Trump&#039;s Efforts Have Already Had a &#039;Huge&#039; Impact on Housing Affordability\">article cites social media posts<\/a> and a tweet thread that debated the legality of administrative warrants and the potential for appellate reversal,illustrating how the case became a broader talking point about judicial overreach and procedural accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece also notes the broader context of public reaction to ICE and the use of social media by both supporters and critics of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>the piece presents a controversial judicial decision marked by a visible dating error, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-woman-loses-it-erupts-at-mother-after-baby-disrupts-meal-at-restaurant-people-are-going-to-jail\/\" title=\"Watch: Woman&#039;s Outburst at Mother in Restaurant Over Baby&#039;s Interruption - Threatens Jail Time\">intense public reaction<\/a>, and a broader discussion about warrants, judicial independence, and the role of judges in politically charged immigration matters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Most Americans would assume that federal judges &mdash; ostensibly some of the most important arbiters in the U.S. judiciary system &mdash; would have a pretty good grasp of the basic facts.<\/p>\n<p>Things like who, what, when, where, and why are all rather important topics when presiding over any tenuous legal matter.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, every once in a while, judges can apparently get those very important factoids wrong, too.<\/p>\n<p>And it&rsquo;s raising a lot of questions.<\/p>\n<p>Eyebrows (and iPhone calendar apps) were raised on Saturday, when news broke that Texas federal judge Fred Biery (who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton) had ordered the release of a 5-year-old boy and his father from a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Releases Boy, 5, and His Father from ... Detention, Makes Mistake So Bad on Order This May Be the First Time It&#039;s Ever Recorded\">inflamed tensions surrounding<\/a> anything involving ICE currently, that order was bound to feature quite a bit of national attention one way or another.<\/p>\n<p>As Fox News&rsquo; Bill Melugin points out, that order also came with a glaring error:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Texas federal judge Fred Biery (Clinton appointee) has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos &amp; his father from ICE detention in TX. In his decision, he includes a photo of the boy and gets today&rsquo;s date wrong (Feb 31st doesn&rsquo;t even exist) while saying that&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/58IbuQAZJZ\">pic.twitter.com\/58IbuQAZJZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/2017710815655100623?\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Biery&rsquo;s order ends with a definitive, &ldquo;SIGNED, this 31st day of February, 2026.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Saturday was Jan. 31, most have probably surmised by now that there is no February 31 &mdash; as it&rsquo;s a month that gets 29 days in it <em>at most<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That error understandably brought out the critics, but Biery&rsquo;s other remarks were just as deserving of pushback.<\/p>\n<p>Before that dating blunder, Biery made sure to keep his words toward federal law enforcement as sharp and biting as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster,&rdquo; Biery wrote. &ldquo;That is called the fox guarding the henhouse.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biery further chided: &ldquo;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 decency. And the rule of law be damned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Melugin also took issue with the judge&rsquo;s other social media activity, including liking a post that was protesting against President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>When one X user contested that Biery was &mdash; date notwithstanding &mdash; &ldquo;right,&rdquo; Melugin fired back that the judge with activist leanings was anything but.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No he&rsquo;s not. SCOTUS ruled on the legality of administrative warrants a long time ago. Judicial warrants are not required. Every single administration has used administrative warrants. If DOJ appeals this it will likely be reversed by 5th Circuit quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/2018068390414282926?\">February 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No he&rsquo;s not [right],&rdquo; Melugin posted in response. &ldquo;[The Supreme Court] ruled on the legality of administrative warrants a long time ago. Judicial warrants are not required. Every single administration has used administrative warrants.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, even apart from the date, Melugin seemed to think it&rsquo;s Judge Biery&rsquo;s logic that won&rsquo;t pass &ldquo;muster.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If [the Department of Justice] appeals this it will likely be reversed by [the] 5th Circuit quickly,&rdquo; Melugin posted.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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But judges can get those facts wrong, too, and the case in question has drawn widespread attention. Texas federal judge Fred Biery (a Clinton appointee) ordered the release from ICE detention of a five-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father. The order included the boy\u2019s photo and oddly dated the document \u201cthe 31st day of February, 2026,\u201d a date that doesn\u2019t exist, which sparked sharp criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Biery had previously criticized administrative warrants, arguing that warrants issued by the executive branch without independent judicial oversight undermine the Constitution. The controversy was amplified by commentary on Biery\u2019s social-media activity; Fox News\u2019s Bill Melugin highlighted a like on a post protesting President Trump as evidence of activist leanings, while others argued that Supreme Court precedent has long allowed administrative warrants and that courts routinely review them.<\/p>\n<p>Melugin suggested that if the Department of Justice appeals, the decision would likely be reversed by the 5th Circuit. 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