Sam Rocha / Texas Public Radio Texas DPS troopers in riot gear line up near a school bus outside the Dilley immigration detention center during a protest Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. Joey Palacios / Texas Public Radio Protesters help one another rinse their eyes after a chemical irritant was deployed outside the Dilley ICE detention facility on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. DPS said that after dispersal orders were given, “approximately 150 demonstrators refused to leave and began to breach the established protest barrier.”Samuel Rocha IV / Texas Public Radio Protesters lining up across from DPS troopers outside of the Dilley ICE detention facility. Dozens of protesters remained outside the detention center Wednesday, calling for the child’s release and raising concerns about immigration detention practices involving families and children. Samuel Rocha IV / Texas Public Radio Protests outside the Dilley ICE detention facility on Jan. 28, 2026.