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'We will not tolerate this lawlessness': America fights back hard against caravan migrants, including women and children, who stormed border and were met with tear gas and rubber bullets, as PRESIDENT shuts down Tijuana-San Diego crossing
PUBLISHED: 22:29 GMT, 25 November 2018 | UPDATED: 15:38 GMT, 26 November 2018
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.
Cravan migrants try to break through Mexico-US border fence
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The tensions prompted US officials to close the crossing between Tijuana and San Diego, stopping thousands of people travelling legitimately between the US and Mexico.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said she would not put up with this 'lawlessness' and threatened harsh punishments on 'anyone who destroys federal property, endangers our frontline operators, or violates our sovereignty'.
She later added that border personnel were 'struck by projectiles thrown by caravan members'. She condemned those responsible for their 'dangerous' actions that were 'not consistent with peacefully seeking asylum'.
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A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, run away from tear gas in front of the border wall between the U.S and Mexico in Tijuana on Sunday
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A migrant girl from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, cries after running away from tear gas in Tijuana on Sunday
Tear gas fired at migrant caravan as it tries to cross border
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U.S. Border Patrol helicopters flew overhead, while U.S. agents held vigil on foot beyond the wire fence in California
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U.S. agents shot the gas, according to an Associated Press reporter on the scene. Children were screaming and coughing in the mayhem
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A migrant, with his face covered, runs from tear gas thrown by the U.S Border Patrol agents
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The Border Patrol office in San Diego said via Twitter that pedestrian crossings have been suspended at the San Ysidro port of entry at both the East and West facilities
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Earlier Sunday, several hundred Central American migrants pushed past a blockade of Mexican police who were standing guard near the international border crossing
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Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum on Friday declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city of 1.6 million, which he says is struggling to accommodate the crush of migrants
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Three Honduran migrants huddle in the riverbank amid tear gas fired by U.S. agents on the Mexico-U.S. border
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More than 5,000 migrants have been camped in and around a sports complex in Tijuana after making their way through Mexico in recent weeks via caravan
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Mexico also vowed to deport about 500 migrants who tried to 'violently' and 'illegally' cross the U.S. border on Sunday, according to the Mexican Interior Ministry in a statement.
The statement added that Mexican authorities had contained the protest at the crossing between Tijuana and San Diego.
'Today, several migrants threw projectiles at the agents in San Diego,' Customs and Border Protection tweeted on Sunday
Nielsen also repeated the accusation, though provided no evidence to support it
Despite heightened tensions there, Mexico said they would not send military forces to control 7,417 migrants from a caravan currently amassed at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Honduran migrant Ana Zuniga, 23, said she saw migrants open a small hole in concertina wire at a gap on the Mexican side of a levee, at which point U.S. agents fired tear gas at them.
'We ran, but when you run the gas asphyxiates you more,' she told the AP while cradling her 3-year-old daughter Valery in her arms.
Mexico's Milenio TV also showed images of several migrants at the border trying to jump over the fence.
Yards away on the U.S. side, shoppers streamed in and out of an outlet mall.
U.S. Border Patrol helicopters flew overhead, while U.S. agents held vigil on foot beyond the wire fence in California.
'Today, several migrants threw projectiles at the agents in San Diego,' Customs and Border Protection tweeted on Sunday.
'Border Patrol agents deployed tear gas to dispel the group because of the risk to agents' safety.
'Several agents were hit by the projectiles. The situation is evolving and a statement is forthcoming.'
The Border Patrol office in San Diego said via Twitter that pedestrian crossings have been suspended at the San Ysidro port of entry at both the East and West facilities.
All northbound and southbound traffic was halted.
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer tweeted on Sunday: 'It is critical that U.S. and Mexican federal leaders work together to safely resolve the migrant crisis.
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer tweeted on Sunday: 'It is critical that U.S. and Mexican federal leaders work together to safely resolve the migrant crisis'
'Our way of life relies on a safe, secure and functioning border.
'From travel to shipping to daily commutes between San Diego and Tijuana, it is essential to our community.'
Earlier Sunday, several hundred Central American migrants pushed past a blockade of Mexican police who were standing guard near the international border crossing.
They appeared to easily pass through without using violence, and some of the migrants called on each other to remain peaceful.
They convened the demonstration to try to pressure the U.S. to hear their asylum claims and carried hand-painted American and Honduran flags while chanting: 'We are not criminals! We are international workers!'
A second line of Mexican police carrying plastic riot shields stood guard outside a Mexican customs and immigration plaza.
Police push migrants back after violence breaks out at US border
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Mexican police scramble to form a blockade as they try to stop migrants from reaching the border with the US
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American Customs and Border Protection officers form a barrier behind rows of barbed wire to stop the migrants entering
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Members of the migrant caravan run for cover after US officers fired tear gas at them during clashes at the border
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People attempting to cross in the U.S. look on as the San Ysidro port of entry stands closed at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday
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Officials run in a staging area in the San Ysidro port of entry on Sunday
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Mexico's Federal Police officers are seen through the smoke of tear gas thrown by the US Border Patrol to disperse Central American migrants
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Migrants try to push past Mexican police on the Mexico-U.S. border at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana on Sunday
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Migrants, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, run to cross Tijuana river near the border wall
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Police cars form a roadblock across the San Ysidro border crossing after it was completely closed to all traffic
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People trying to cross into America from Mexico through legal checkpoints wait by their cars after the border was shut
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Pedestrians trying to cross into the US at the San Ysidro port of entry wait for it to be reopened following clashes
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Central American migrants yell through the border wall as they are confronted by an American Border Patrol Agent
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A Honduran migrant speaks to US guards after tear gas and rubber bullets were used to repel some who tried to cross
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American border agents handcuff a migrant who tried to cross into the country illegally on Sunday
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A migrant is seen holding rocks in his hands moments before throwing them at US border guards near Tijuana
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Migrant families, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America, look to cross the border into the United States
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A balaclava-clad man covers his face after tear gas was used to repel an attempted border crossing from Mexico to the US
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That line of police had installed tall steel panels behind them outside the Chaparral crossing on the Mexican side of the border.
Migrants were asked by police to turn back toward Mexico.
More than 5,000 migrants have been camped in and around a sports complex in Tijuana after making their way through Mexico in recent weeks via caravan.
Many hope to apply for asylum in the U.S., but agents at the San Ysidro entry point are processing fewer than 100 asylum petitions a day.
Irineo Mujica, who has accompanied the migrants for weeks as part of the aid group Pueblo Sin Fronteras, said the aim of Sunday's march toward the U.S. border was to make the migrants' plight more visible to the governments of Mexico and the U.S.
'We can't have all these people here,' Mujica told The Associated Press.
Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum on Friday declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city of 1.6 million, which he says is struggling to accommodate the crush of migrants.
U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to express his displeasure with the caravans in Mexico.
'Would be very SMART if Mexico would stop the Caravans long before they get to our Southern Border, or if originating countries would not let them form (it is a way they get certain people out of their country and dump in U.S. No longer),' he wrote.
Mexico's Interior Ministry said Sunday the country has sent 11,000 Central Americans back to their countries of origin since Oct. 19. It said that 1,906 of them were members of the recent caravans.
Mexico is on track to send a total of around 100,000 Central Americans back home by the end of this year.
Earlier on Sunday, Nielsen tweetedSunday: ‘This AM, @CBP was forced to close the #SanYsidro POE to ensure public safety in response to a large # of migrants seeking to illegally enter the US.
‘They attempted to breach legacy fence infrastructure along the border & sought to harm CBP personnel by throwing projectiles @ them.
‘@DHS will not tolerate this type of lawlessness & will not hesitate to shut down POEs for security reasons.
‘We'll seek to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone who destroys federal property, endangers our frontline operators, or violates our sovereignty.
‘#CBP along w other DHS, federal, state & local law enforcement, & the @DeptofDefense, have a robust presence along the SW Border and at our POEs. We remain in close contact with Mexican authorities and are committed to resolving this situation safely in concert with them.’
In a later tweet, she condemned members of the caravan throwing objects at border personnel. She wrote: 'Today CBP (Customs and Border Protection) personnel were struck by projectiles thrown by caravan members.
'Such actions are dangerous & not consistent w peacefully seeking asylum. The perpetrators will be prosecuted. I will continue to aggressively support DHS personnel as they work to safely secure our border.'
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Migrants cross the river at the Mexico-U.S. border after pushing past a line of Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana on
'We will not tolerate this lawlessness': America fights back hard against caravan migrants, including women and children, who stormed border and were met with tear gas and rubber bullets, as PRESIDENT shuts down Tijuana-San Diego crossing
- 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
PUBLISHED: 22:29 GMT, 25 November 2018 | UPDATED: 15:38 GMT, 26 November 2018
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.
Cravan migrants try to break through Mexico-US border fence
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The tensions prompted US officials to close the crossing between Tijuana and San Diego, stopping thousands of people travelling legitimately between the US and Mexico.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said she would not put up with this 'lawlessness' and threatened harsh punishments on 'anyone who destroys federal property, endangers our frontline operators, or violates our sovereignty'.
She later added that border personnel were 'struck by projectiles thrown by caravan members'. She condemned those responsible for their 'dangerous' actions that were 'not consistent with peacefully seeking asylum'.

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A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, run away from tear gas in front of the border wall between the U.S and Mexico in Tijuana on Sunday

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A migrant girl from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, cries after running away from tear gas in Tijuana on Sunday
Tear gas fired at migrant caravan as it tries to cross border
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U.S. Border Patrol helicopters flew overhead, while U.S. agents held vigil on foot beyond the wire fence in California

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U.S. agents shot the gas, according to an Associated Press reporter on the scene. Children were screaming and coughing in the mayhem

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A migrant, with his face covered, runs from tear gas thrown by the U.S Border Patrol agents

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The Border Patrol office in San Diego said via Twitter that pedestrian crossings have been suspended at the San Ysidro port of entry at both the East and West facilities

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Earlier Sunday, several hundred Central American migrants pushed past a blockade of Mexican police who were standing guard near the international border crossing

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Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum on Friday declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city of 1.6 million, which he says is struggling to accommodate the crush of migrants

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Three Honduran migrants huddle in the riverbank amid tear gas fired by U.S. agents on the Mexico-U.S. border

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More than 5,000 migrants have been camped in and around a sports complex in Tijuana after making their way through Mexico in recent weeks via caravan
Mother of slain Mexican teen sues US Border Patrol agents
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Mexico also vowed to deport about 500 migrants who tried to 'violently' and 'illegally' cross the U.S. border on Sunday, according to the Mexican Interior Ministry in a statement.
The statement added that Mexican authorities had contained the protest at the crossing between Tijuana and San Diego.

'Today, several migrants threw projectiles at the agents in San Diego,' Customs and Border Protection tweeted on Sunday

Nielsen also repeated the accusation, though provided no evidence to support it
Despite heightened tensions there, Mexico said they would not send military forces to control 7,417 migrants from a caravan currently amassed at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Honduran migrant Ana Zuniga, 23, said she saw migrants open a small hole in concertina wire at a gap on the Mexican side of a levee, at which point U.S. agents fired tear gas at them.
'We ran, but when you run the gas asphyxiates you more,' she told the AP while cradling her 3-year-old daughter Valery in her arms.
Mexico's Milenio TV also showed images of several migrants at the border trying to jump over the fence.
Yards away on the U.S. side, shoppers streamed in and out of an outlet mall.
U.S. Border Patrol helicopters flew overhead, while U.S. agents held vigil on foot beyond the wire fence in California.
'Today, several migrants threw projectiles at the agents in San Diego,' Customs and Border Protection tweeted on Sunday.
'Border Patrol agents deployed tear gas to dispel the group because of the risk to agents' safety.
'Several agents were hit by the projectiles. The situation is evolving and a statement is forthcoming.'
The Border Patrol office in San Diego said via Twitter that pedestrian crossings have been suspended at the San Ysidro port of entry at both the East and West facilities.
All northbound and southbound traffic was halted.
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer tweeted on Sunday: 'It is critical that U.S. and Mexican federal leaders work together to safely resolve the migrant crisis.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer tweeted on Sunday: 'It is critical that U.S. and Mexican federal leaders work together to safely resolve the migrant crisis'
'Our way of life relies on a safe, secure and functioning border.
'From travel to shipping to daily commutes between San Diego and Tijuana, it is essential to our community.'
Earlier Sunday, several hundred Central American migrants pushed past a blockade of Mexican police who were standing guard near the international border crossing.
They appeared to easily pass through without using violence, and some of the migrants called on each other to remain peaceful.
They convened the demonstration to try to pressure the U.S. to hear their asylum claims and carried hand-painted American and Honduran flags while chanting: 'We are not criminals! We are international workers!'
A second line of Mexican police carrying plastic riot shields stood guard outside a Mexican customs and immigration plaza.
Police push migrants back after violence breaks out at US border
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Mexican police scramble to form a blockade as they try to stop migrants from reaching the border with the US

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American Customs and Border Protection officers form a barrier behind rows of barbed wire to stop the migrants entering

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Members of the migrant caravan run for cover after US officers fired tear gas at them during clashes at the border

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People attempting to cross in the U.S. look on as the San Ysidro port of entry stands closed at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday

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Officials run in a staging area in the San Ysidro port of entry on Sunday

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Mexico's Federal Police officers are seen through the smoke of tear gas thrown by the US Border Patrol to disperse Central American migrants

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Migrants try to push past Mexican police on the Mexico-U.S. border at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana on Sunday

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Migrants, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, run to cross Tijuana river near the border wall

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Police cars form a roadblock across the San Ysidro border crossing after it was completely closed to all traffic

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People trying to cross into America from Mexico through legal checkpoints wait by their cars after the border was shut

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Pedestrians trying to cross into the US at the San Ysidro port of entry wait for it to be reopened following clashes

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Central American migrants yell through the border wall as they are confronted by an American Border Patrol Agent

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A Honduran migrant speaks to US guards after tear gas and rubber bullets were used to repel some who tried to cross

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American border agents handcuff a migrant who tried to cross into the country illegally on Sunday

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A migrant is seen holding rocks in his hands moments before throwing them at US border guards near Tijuana

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Migrant families, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America, look to cross the border into the United States

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A balaclava-clad man covers his face after tear gas was used to repel an attempted border crossing from Mexico to the US
Migrants stuck at French boarder trying to get North Europe
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That line of police had installed tall steel panels behind them outside the Chaparral crossing on the Mexican side of the border.
Migrants were asked by police to turn back toward Mexico.
More than 5,000 migrants have been camped in and around a sports complex in Tijuana after making their way through Mexico in recent weeks via caravan.
Many hope to apply for asylum in the U.S., but agents at the San Ysidro entry point are processing fewer than 100 asylum petitions a day.
Irineo Mujica, who has accompanied the migrants for weeks as part of the aid group Pueblo Sin Fronteras, said the aim of Sunday's march toward the U.S. border was to make the migrants' plight more visible to the governments of Mexico and the U.S.



'We can't have all these people here,' Mujica told The Associated Press.
Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum on Friday declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city of 1.6 million, which he says is struggling to accommodate the crush of migrants.
U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to express his displeasure with the caravans in Mexico.
'Would be very SMART if Mexico would stop the Caravans long before they get to our Southern Border, or if originating countries would not let them form (it is a way they get certain people out of their country and dump in U.S. No longer),' he wrote.
Mexico's Interior Ministry said Sunday the country has sent 11,000 Central Americans back to their countries of origin since Oct. 19. It said that 1,906 of them were members of the recent caravans.
Mexico is on track to send a total of around 100,000 Central Americans back home by the end of this year.
Earlier on Sunday, Nielsen tweetedSunday: ‘This AM, @CBP was forced to close the #SanYsidro POE to ensure public safety in response to a large # of migrants seeking to illegally enter the US.
‘They attempted to breach legacy fence infrastructure along the border & sought to harm CBP personnel by throwing projectiles @ them.
‘@DHS will not tolerate this type of lawlessness & will not hesitate to shut down POEs for security reasons.
‘We'll seek to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone who destroys federal property, endangers our frontline operators, or violates our sovereignty.
‘#CBP along w other DHS, federal, state & local law enforcement, & the @DeptofDefense, have a robust presence along the SW Border and at our POEs. We remain in close contact with Mexican authorities and are committed to resolving this situation safely in concert with them.’
In a later tweet, she condemned members of the caravan throwing objects at border personnel. She wrote: 'Today CBP (Customs and Border Protection) personnel were struck by projectiles thrown by caravan members.
'Such actions are dangerous & not consistent w peacefully seeking asylum. The perpetrators will be prosecuted. I will continue to aggressively support DHS personnel as they work to safely secure our border.'

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Migrants cross the river at the Mexico-U.S. border after pushing past a line of Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana on