The goings on at the border have made the Credentialed Media and Democrats, but I digress, Very Upset
Caravan crisis escalates with tear gas and entry closure at the border
U.S. authorities closed off the busiest port of entry along the U.S. border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at members of a Central American migrant caravan who had rushed the fencing that separates the countries.
Although the number of people at the border was relatively small, the unrest — with migrants attempting to climb fences and run through car lanes to reach the United States, and scenes of mothers and children choking on tear gas — represented a serious escalation of the crisis.
What had begun Sunday morning as a migrant protest of the slow pace of the U.S. asylum claims process devolved into a chaotic scramble in which hundreds made their way to the border hoping to cross onto U.S. soil. To block that from happening, and as some threw rocks and bottles, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers took the rare step of firing tear gas into Mexico as well as closing all legal vehicle and foot traffic to the San Ysidro border crossing, which U.S. officials say normally has about 100,000 visitors per day.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in a statement that the port of entry was closed “to ensure public safety in response to large numbers of migrants seeking to enter the U.S. illegally.â€
Some of the migrants tried to breach the border fencing and “sought to harm CBP personnel by throwing projectiles at them,†the statement said.
Although the majority of the group approached and gathered at the fence peacefully, Mexico’s Interior Ministry said that hundreds tried to cross the border in a “violent manner.†Mexican authorities said they would deport anyone who tried to cross illegally.
“Peacefully”. The groups was in the hundreds, so, if hundreds tried to cross the border in a violent manner, that blows out that most approached and gathered peacefully.
“Desperation has led some people to really believe that crossing is possible,†said Alex Almendares, 22, a member of the caravan from Colón, Honduras. “The U.S. has given us no response, and the situation at the shelter keeps getting worse.â€
We did not invite you. You decided to trek thousands of miles and Demand that the U.S. let you in and give you food, shelter, education, healthcare, and money, among others. And now y’all are rushing the border and throwing objects at U.S. law enforcement personnel.
“The U.S. isn’t letting us through and I can’t live in those conditions in the shelter,†she said. “I want to go to the U.S. and not stay in Mexico, because there are more opportunities.â€
Mexico has offered asylum. The migrants want to take advantage of the richer country to Get Stuff.
Here’s what it looked like (more tweets with video at the link)
https://twitter.com/WendyFry_/status/1066791682899959808
This has driven many liberals right off the edge of sanity, like Alyssa Milano, who is representative of what other libs are saying. Interestingly, none of them nor the media folks who are linking this all to Trump (forgetting that Mexican federal police showed up to stop the rioting on their side of the border, as well) are mentioning this happened under Obama
2013: "A group of about 100 people trying to illegally cross the border Sunday near the San Ysidro port of entry threw rocks & bottles at U.S. Border Patrol agents, who responded by using pepper spray & other means to force the crowd back into Mexico, federal officials said." pic.twitter.com/78SGfElqMQ
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) November 25, 2018
And none of them said boo back then.
