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JUST IN: Trump Threatens to Close Mexico Border PERMANENTLY

In an early morning tweet President Trump threatened to close down the US / Mexico border permanently unless Mexico gets their side under control:

The Washington Examiner reported.

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.





U.S. border agents fired tear gas at some of the migrants as they tried to break through the border fence.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Sunday that some of these individuals turned to violence.

“After being prevented from entering the Port of Entry, some of these migrants attempted to breach legacy fence infrastructure along the border and sought to harm CBP personnel by throwing projectiles at them,” Nielsen said. “As I have continually stated, DHS 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.”

The migrants are largely from Central America, part of a caravan of more than 5,000 that had been camped in and around a sports complex in Tijuana after making their way through Mexico in recent weeks.

Many hoped to apply for asylum in the U.S., seeking refuge from violence and poverty in their home countries, but agents at the San Ysidro entry point were processing fewer than 100 asylum petitions a day.

The United States Border Patrol also responded, The Daily Mail reported.

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.



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