CONFIRMED: US Border Patrol
Agents Hit with Projectiles Thrown by Violent Honduran Migrants, , 11/25/18.
The
US Customs and Border Protection confirmed Sunday evening that US border patrol
agents were hit with projectiles thrown by violent Honduran migrants at the San
Ysidro port of entry.
Hundreds
of Honduran migrants pushed past Mexican riot police and rushed towards the US
border Sunday.
A few dozen military-aged male
Hondurans broke the border fence in Tijuana at the San Ysidro port of entry and
were eventually repelled by tear gas.
The defiant migrants violently threw
rocks and other projectiles at border patrol agents then scattered after pepper
balls and tear gas was deployed.
Fox
News reported Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen
Nielsen said in a statement that some migrants “attempted to breach legacy
fence infrastructure along the border and sought to harm CBP personnel by
throwing projectiles at them.
“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,” Nielsen said. “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
projectiles hit US border patrol agents; the extent of their injuries is
unknown at this time.
CBP: Today, several
migrants threw projectiles at the agents in San Diego. 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.
Mexico is
deporting about 500 migrants who violently tried to cross the border Sunday.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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