US-Mexico border shut, migrant kids teargassed
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several hundred made it over the first barrier and were trying to cross a second topped with spikes when us border officers began firing tear gas at the group even as us army helicopters flew low overhead according to an afp journalist on the scene1 us officials closed a border crossing in southern california on sunday after hundreds of migrants tried to breach a fence from the mexican city of tijuana us authorities announced1 the incident took place only three days after us president donald trump threatened to close the whole border with mexico if it gets to a level where were going to lose control or people are going to start getting hurt1 video clips posted sunday on twitter showed large numbers of migrants dashing across a shallow concrete waterway toward the border. several thousand migrants mostly from central america have been gathering in tijuana in hopes of entering the us1 at least 500 of them including several women and children had been taking part in a peaceful demonstration in tijuana before dashing toward the border in an attempt to clamber over a first metal barrier there1 the migrants tried to protect themselves covering their faces with mothers holding their children close. there were cries of pain desperation and frustration as the crowd swirled over the border line and back1 are we in the united states yet some asked in desperate tones1 the us customs and border protection cbp office in san diego california said on twitter that it had closed both north and south access to vehicle traffic at the san ysidro border post before also suspending pedestrian crossings1 some migrants shouted that they only wanted to make their way to a better life and find work in the us1 but amid the stinging gas several migrants turned back even as others tried to forge ahead1 trump has repeatedly warned that the large group of migrants moving through mexico toward the us included criminals and possibly terrorists while providing no evidence to support that1 he has deployed some 9000 us troops along the border in support of the cbp agents1 approximately 5000 reached tijuana over the past week after an exhausting trip of up to 2500 miles 4000 kilometers covered in just over a month. many were fleeing violence and poverty in honduras in hopes of finding asylum in the us1 the san ysidro border post is a busy one with thousands of people passing through every day1