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  DPS Troopers Clash With Protesters Outside Dilley ICE Detention Facility By : Vijesh Nair Date :29/01/2026 DILLEY, Texas — January 28, 2026 — A tense and chaotic confrontation erupted Wednesday afternoon outside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, as Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers deployed chemical irritants against demonstrators protesting the ongoing detention of immigrant families, including young children. Hundreds of protesters had gathered near the facility — a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center — to call attention to what demonstrators described as inhumane conditions and the continued custody of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father, who were recently transferred to Dilley following their arrest in Minneapolis. Protest Escalates Into Confrontation Around mid-afternoon, roughly 40 DPS troopers in full riot gear arrived at the protest site aboard a Dilley Independent School District bus. As ...