American photographer Carol Suzy won the 2026 World Press Photo Contest. The winning image shows girls desperately holding on to their father, a migrant from Ecuador, while agents of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest him following a hearing over his immigration status in New York.
Image credit: Foto Carol Guzy, ZUMA Press / iWitness, voor Miami Herald
Liam Conejo Arias, the 5-year-old detained by ICE while returning home from school with his father. They were sent to a detention center in Texas. A judge eventually ordered their release. In his ruling, the judge wrote:
Upon re-reading I noticed that I managed to mangle the winner’s name. Her name is Carol Guzy. It is correct in the image credit.
When ICE is working to fulfil quotas, they are working to fulfil quotas, not deporting illegals. Quotas are not illegals. The prosecution should take up the issue of quotas.
The Trump administration will accelerate the deportations of migrant children in US custody. Immigration hearings are being expedited by weeks or even months, which makes it more difficult for attorneys to obtain immigration relief for these kids. Children as young as four years old are being forced to repeatedly appear in court and provide updates on the status of their case, sometimes without legal help.