US Border Patrol agents fired tear gas to repel rock-throwing migrants who tried to storm through a border fence separating California and Mexico Sunday.
Some of the migrants, part of the caravan that traveled to the border from Central America, threw “projectiles” at border agents as they approached the fence, officials said.
US Customs and Border Patrol later tweeted that several agents were struck and tear gas was used “to dispel the group because of the risk to agents’ safety.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said her department “will not tolerate this type of lawlessness and will not hesitate to shut down ports of entry for security and public safety reasons.”
“We will also seek to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone who destroys federal property, endangers our frontline operators, or violates our nation’s sovereignty,” she added.
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They should exercise restraint, no?
And what did Trump tweet to this one?!
I guess these are the peaceful ppl that we are supposed to let in.
Starting to sound a lot like the Gaza border.