The Mexican government announced Sunday evening that it will deport nearly 500 migrants who rushed the U.S. border between Tijuana and San Diego, Calif.
In a statement, Mexico’s interior department said these migrants were captured with the help of local authorities of the government from the state of Baja California and will be deported after attempting to cross the border “violently” and “illegally.”
Videos and photos of the migrants, including children, crossing a footbridge over a canal in Tijuana as they headed to the border were posted to social media. The incident prompted both the U.S. and Mexico to shut down the port of entry on their respective sides.
Hundreds try to storm the border. Expect significant US response #tijuana pic.twitter.com/0T50XUnXtY
— emma murphy (@emmamurphyitv) November 25, 2018
U.S. border agents fired tear gas at some of the migrants as they tried to break through the border fence.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Sunday evening that the San Ysidro port of entry had reopened for cars and pedestrians, and confirmed that multiple illegal entrants were apprehended by Border Patrol agents. CBP also confirmed that multiple U.S. Border Patrol agents hit by rocks, and in response CBP personnel were “required to deploy crowd dispersing devices, to include pepper ball launching systems, and CS canisters.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said DHS would “not tolerate this type of lawlessness.”
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Mexico said it will deport nearly 500 migrants who rushed the U.S. border between Tijuana and San Diego, Californiahttps://t.co/yY4txaUaTs
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) November 26, 2018
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