Margaret Brennan Appears Shocked GOP Rep Tony Gonzales Wants To Enforce The Law, Questions His Compassion

CBS host Margaret Brennan exhibited shock during Sunday’s “Face the Nation” after Republican Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales said the U.S. should enforce its laws, before questioning the lawmaker how he could support the deportation of a family.

A photo of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos being detained by federal law enforcement agents widely circulated in January 2026 and prompted discussions online and in the media. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) subsequently released a statement noting the boy’s father, Adrian Conejo Arias, was the target of an illegal immigrant arrest operation. Ramos, according to the agency, had been caught up in his father’s arrest after his mother declined to take him, leading to the father requesting the child stay with him while in detention.

“So, Trump was not the first president of the United States to detain children. You have this facility, though, in your district, Dilley, and that is for family detentions. That’s where little five-year-old Liam Ramos from Minnesota was held before a judge — that’s the picture of him there — ordered him released,” Brennan said showing multiple pictures. “He was ordered released because his family has a pending asylum claim. A legal process. He had entered with U.S. government permission through a process that the Biden administration had deemed legal, the current administration does not, the CBP One app.”

Brennan went on to state Arias gave an interview to Telemundo in which he argued how his son is “not okay” as he wakes up crying at night and is allegedly “worried he’s going to be taken again.”

“It’s psychological trauma according to the father. And the administration’s still trying to deport him. Do you understand why they are so focused on this five-year-old and his dad if they did come in through the front door with U.S. government permission?” Brennan asked.