Daily Mail: We will close the border permanently if need be': Trump threatens decisive action unless Mexican government deports caravan migrants as hundreds storm border and officers fire tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of people
* President Trump threatens to shut U.S. border with Mexico permanently if migrant caravan is not deported
* He called on Congress to fund his border wall, declaring that the caravan is 'not coming into the USA'
* Migrants threw 'projectiles' that hit U.S. Border Patrol agents on Sunday at the San Ysidro Port of Entry
* Officers responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of people as they neared the border
* Ultimately about 30 made it across, according to reports
* Tensions prompted U.S. officials to close the crossing between Tijuana and San Diego
* Trump's tweeted ultimatum played on TV screens Monday alongside images of screaming, coughing children
* Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said she would not put up with the 'lawlessness'
* Mexico vowed Sunday to deport about 500 who tried to 'violently' and 'illegally' cross the border
President Trump threatened to permanently close the U.S. border with Mexico on Monday, saying he'll take the drastic action if members of a swelling migrant caravan are not deported back to their Central American homelands.
U.S. Border Patrol fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at a group of migrants on Sunday, including families with young children, as hundreds tried to storm the border.
The agency said the action came after some threw 'projectiles' that hit border officers.
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WNU Editor: Mexico is trying to restore order on its side .... Mexico to up security at border after migrants try to cross (AP)
More News On President Trump Threatening To Close The U.S. - Mexico Border
Trump threatens to 'close the border permanently' amid escalating tensions -- The Hill
Trump tells Mexico to ship migrants home or see border permanently closed -- FOX News
Trump urges Mexico to send migrants home, repeats call for wall funding -- Reuters
Trump Says He Will Close the Mexico Border Permanently If Needed -- Bloomberg
US briefly shuts border crossing, uses tear gas on asylum seekers -- Al Jazeera
