Central American Migrants Storm The U.S. Border



Daily Mail: Showdown at the border: US agents fire tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of migrants who try to storm the border fence and force authorities to shut the crossing down

* Tensions increased between border agents and migrants on Sunday afternoon at the San Ysidro Port of Entry
* Children were screaming and coughing in the mayhem as agents threw tear gas into the crowds
* The tensions prompted US officials to close the crossing between Tijuana an San Diego
* Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said she would not put up with this 'lawlessness'
* Mexico vowed Sunday to deport about 500 migrants who tried to 'violently' and 'illegally' cross the border

US Border Patrol shot tear gas and rubber bullets at a group of migrants, including toddlers, as members of the caravan tried to storm the border.

Children were screaming and coughing in the mayhem at the San Ysidro Port of Entry when American agents tried to push the surging Central Americans back.

They started to use crowd control on Sunday afternoon when migrants tried to cut a hole in the concertina wire gap on the Mexican side of the fence.

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WNU Editor: Desperate people doing desperate things. But Mexico is making it very clear that they are not going to tolerate violence .... Mexico to deport 500 migrants who tried 'violently' to breach US border (The Guardian). More here .... Migrant caravan: Mexico to deport group which stormed US border (BBC).

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