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).

More News On Today's Storming Of The U.S. Border By Central American Migrants

US agents fire tear gas as some migrants try to breach fence -- AP
US shuts border post as migrants try to cross from Mexico -- AFP
Trump warns Mexico it 'would be very smart' if they stopped caravans before they reached the border, as Mexican officials say there's NO deal with the president to keep asylum seekers out of America -- Daily Mail
San Diego border crossing shut down after migrants try entering U.S. -- NBC
Hundreds of migrants try rushing toward California port of entry, as Trump threatens to close entire border -- FOX News
Migrant surge forces US to shut California-Mexico border crossing -- DW
US agents shoot tear gas at migrants attempting to breach Mexican border -- ABC News Online
US briefly shuts border crossing, uses tear gas on asylum seekers -- Al Jazeera
US border patrol repels migrants with tear gas after Mexico crossing closure -- RT

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