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A 2-year-old girl and her father were detained by federal immigration agents in south Minneapolis and placed on a commercial flight out of Minnesota, despite a judge ordering the toddler’s release. The father, Elvis Joel Tipan Echeverria, was detained near Powderhorn Park Thursday, Jan. 22, while returning home from the grocery store with his daughter, said according to lawyers for the family. Video circulating on social media appeared to show agents using chemical irritants and flash-bang devices as crowds gathered at the scene. Attorneys representing the family filed an emergency motion seeking their immediate release. They said the father and daughter were asylum-seekers who were pulled over without a warrant and did not have a final order for removal. The case was quickly assigned to a judge, who signed an order for the toddler’s release at 8:10 p.m. on Jan. 22, attorney Irina Vaynerman said. Roughly 20 minutes later, the lawyers learned the child and her father had already bee...

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