Outside the facility, Texas state police officers confronted protesters who demonstrated in support of the detainees inside. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Protesters gather outside the South Texas Family Residential Center detention facility where Liam Ramos and his father are being detained in Dilley, Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Protesters gather outside the South Texas Family Residential Center detention facility where Liam Ramos and his father are being detained in Dilley, Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ExpandAs protesters moved closer to the facility, Texas state police officers arrived on a school bus and shouted instructions for the crowd to move back. The same policy was invoked to deny Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, from entering the Dilley facility and another in Pearsall, Texas, last week.