State child welfare officials say have taken a 9-month-old boy from his homeless parents at an Occupy Dallas camp.
Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales says the baby was taken into state custody Thursday and his parents, a homeless couple, were being interviewed.
She declined to release more details until a judge signs off on the case.
Cordell Cameron, a spokesman for the protest group, says the homeless parents, who had joined demonstrators about a week ago, were "pretty devastated."
He said they were in the process of trying to obtain housing through a family program but feared they would no longer be eligible.
Cameron said the child was in a heated tent, "there was no abuse" but "obviously you can't keep a baby out in freezing weather."
