Of all the images from the last few weeks that have stuck with me,

it's the one of Liam Ramos I just keep thinking about.

You remember Liam, right?

The five-year-old kid in the blue hat with the floppy ears.

The one who was reportedly used as bait

to lure adults into the Minnesota cold.

The one who was detained with his dad.

It was Liam's sweetness that stuck with me, I think.

I've bought those floppy hats for my own kids.

But last week, there was a new image to replace the one

that stirred up all that nostalgia. This image showed Liam lying in a supine position in his

father's arms. He had this kind of glazed expression, as much as I could tell. I remember it

from my own kid's worst fevers. This picture, it was taken in immigration detention.

And the only reason we ever saw this troubling image is because Congresspeople paid Liam a visit.

This visit, this image, it's probably part of the reason that over the weekend,

Liam and his dad were released by a judge.

A congressional representative accompanied them home to Minneapolis.

Representative Ilhan Omar met them at the airport.

It all just underlines how important congressional oversight can be

to immigrants in detention. So last week, with that jarring shot of Liam looking so ill on my

mind, I called up a congressperson to talk about her oversight role and what images like this one can do.

I'm wondering, Congresswoman, does this kind of image surprise you when you see it?

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