Sunday, November 25, 2018

Migrants Storm Border, Border Entry Closed…Update: Border Patrol Fires Tear Gas At Migrants When They Rush Fence

weaselzippers
Nov 25, 2018


Via San Diego Union Tribune:
Access to the Mexican border at the San Ysidro Port of Entry was temporarily closed Sunday amid protests from migrants seeking entry to the United States.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Twitter that both northbound and southbound access at the port of entry was closed along with pedestrian routes.
The move came as some migrants who have been gathering in Tijuana made moves toward the border Sunday.
The Associated Press reported that several hundred Central American migrants pushed past a blockade of Mexican police standing guard near the international border The migrants carried hand-painted American and Honduran flags and chanted: “We are not criminals! We are international workers!”
More than 4,700 Central Americans have been living crammed together in a Tiijuana sports complex.
State authorities say by the time it is over, as many as 9,000 Central Americans will have arrived in Tijuana with the hope of crossing to the United States.
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Update:
Via NY Post:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection closed a section of the southern border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at a group of migrants that tried to breach a fence separating the two countries.
CNN reported that road and pedestrian bridge access at the San Ysidro port had been closed.
This major artery connects San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico.
Video footage from journalists on-site shows hundreds of migrants rushing toward the U.S. border.
The Associated Press reported that U.S. officials fired tear gas at the migrants as they attempted to break through the fence.
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Update:



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