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Report: Tear Gas Used as Protesters Clash at Texas Detention Center
About 100 protesters demanded the release of detained families including a 5-year-old boy, while Texas Department of Public Safety troopers used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
- On Jan. 28, 2026, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters at the South Texas Family Detention Center, Dilley, Texas, blocking the access road and ordering them to leave under threat of arrest.
- Organizers called the demonstration to demand release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Alexander, who were detained on Jan. 20 in Minnesota, sparking protests.
- Roughly 40 DPS troopers in riot gear deployed gas after tensions flared, detaining at least two protesters and spraying several others who received on-scene treatment.
- On Monday a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked removal of Alexander and Ramos pending habeas proceedings, and U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, planned a press conference in San Antonio at 4 p.m.
- The Dilley detention site previously made headlines last year after reports an infant lost 9 pounds while held there, and DHS' account of the detention differed from the family's attorney amid protests linked to the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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