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Texas DPS troopers teargas protesters outside Dilley migrant detention center
['Michael Karlis', 'More Michael Karlis']
San Antonio Current
Law-enforcement personnel stand between protesters and the Dilley detention center.
Credit: Michael KarlisDILLEY, TEXAS — Texas Department of Public Safety troopers in riot gear used teargas to disperse a group of protesters demonstrating in front of the South Texas Family Detention Center immigrant detention center to demand the release of a 5-year-old taken into ICE custody.
“I’m even more motivated to fight and organize.”The group of roughly 40 DPS troopers deployed the gas after tensions with protesters flared, Texas Public Radio reports.
A haze lingered over the area outside the detention center, and protesters helped each other flush their eyes with water, according to the news outlet.
Credit: Michael KarlisThe protesters were at the detention center to demand the release of Liam Conejo Ramos, a Minneapolis 5-year-old who’s being held there along with his father.