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Texas Department of Public Safety troopers used tear gas to disperse around 70 protesters demanding the release of a 5-year-old and his father from ICE custody.
- 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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Police, federal agents assault and arrest peaceful protesters outside Dilley detention camp in south Texas
As hundreds demanded an end to children being kept in cages, ICE locked down the Dilley facility while Texas police and immigration Gestapo used tear gas and truncheons to assault peaceful protesters outside the prison camp.
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Protesters clash with police at US detention center housing 5-year-old child
Texas state police officers on Wednesday used tear gas to disperse a demonstration outside a US immigration detention facility where protesters demanded the release of a 5-year-old Ecuadoran boy among others swept up in the Trump administration's immigration clampdown.
A demonstration in Texas for the release of a 5-year-old child detained by the border police with tear gas.
A peaceful demonstration in Texas for the release of a five-year-old child detained by the U.S. border police was dispersed by law enforcement forces on Wednesday with tear gas, AFP said.
Agents Use Tear Gas to Disperse Protest over the Detention of a Five-Year-Old Migrant Child in Texas
About 100 people gathered outside the migrant family detention center in Dilley, in south-central Texas, where five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken with his father.
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